Saint-André-de-Briouze sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (2.6%)
Here 37% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. 31% of households are couples with children, or about one in three. Few places have as many empty homes: 9.8% here, more than in 78% of compared French towns. Saint-André-de-Briouze counted 178 residents and 77 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Orne median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Saint-André-de-Briouze
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-André-de-Briouze, 15% of its 100 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-André-de-Briouze had 195 residents at the 2012 census and 178 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats make up 2% in Saint-André-de-Briouze, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
In the last two years, 3.9% of households moved in; at the other end, 30% have stayed 30 years or more. Saint-André-de-Briouze has more second homes than 91% of compared French towns, at 15%.
Saint-André-de-Briouze changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 96% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −8%; 2017 to 2023, −1%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Orne town −5%.
Saint-André-de-Briouze is older than 69% of compared French towns: a median age of 47
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-André-de-Briouze 47. The median compared French town: 44.
24% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). On residents aged 15 to 24, 11% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 37%, a higher share than 60% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Households here average 2.3 people each.
€25,860 a year is the median standard of living here
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Living standards centre on €25,860 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 19%, a lower share than 96% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of households are headed by a manager or professional in Saint-André-de-Briouze. As a reference point, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-André-de-Briouze: 8.4% of residents are foreign nationals, above 76% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 9% of residents are immigrants in Saint-André-de-Briouze. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Saint-André-de-Briouze has 47%. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 17% of adults out of school have no qualification in Saint-André-de-Briouze
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Saint-André-de-Briouze
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André-de-Briouze | 47 | 24% | 15% | 9% |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 4,201 · 8.2 mi | 49 | 27% | 9.4% | 1.9% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 10.1 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Flers 14,432 · 10.9 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 2.4% | 13% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers 3,173 · 11.2 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Falaise 7,680 · 12.5 mi | 46 | 26% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 13.1 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Saint-André-de-Briouze
What is the population of Saint-André-de-Briouze?
178 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (195).
How old are Saint-André-de-Briouze’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-André-de-Briouze?
15, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-André-de-Briouze?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (8.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-André-de-Briouze?
€25,860 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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