Flats: 1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
With households without a car at 3.3%, Brenat is behind 98% of compared French towns on that count. Census figures put one-person households at 22% in the town. Half of the town’s residents are over 49.6, older than in 82% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 629 residents in the town, living in 270 households.
Throughout this page, the Puy-de-Dôme 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.
Faster growth than 58% of compared French towns: Brenat changed by +7% since 2012
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 median Puy-de-Dôme town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +5% and the next six +1%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns, at 6.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brenat 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 27% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 26% in Brenat, more than in 53% 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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 9.3%. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
4.3% of homes are second homes, more than in 73% 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
Of all households, 4.5% moved in during the last two years and 32% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 6.9%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,860 a year
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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,860 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 84% of compared French towns: 20%
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
13% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly two in five households are headed by a retired person in Brenat.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Brenat, 2.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 91% 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.
1.1% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
By its share of married residents (58%), Brenat is above 99% of compared French towns. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 73% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Graduates of higher education make up about one in three here (30%). In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
41 French towns of 629 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Brenat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenat | 49.6 | 27% | 4.3% | 2.1% |
| Issoire 15,115 · 3.1 mi | 45.9 | 26% | 2% | 4.5% |
| Vic-le-Comte 5,396 · 7.8 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 2.5% | 4% |
| Brassac-les-Mines 3,412 · 9.2 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 2.2% | 3.6% |
| Sainte-Florine 3,283 · 10.1 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 2.9% | 3.5% |
| Les Martres-de-Veyre 3,826 · 10.8 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
| Veyre-Monton 3,721 · 11 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2% | 3.3% |
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 Brenat
What is the population of Brenat?
629 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (590).
How old are Brenat’s residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 82% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brenat?
13, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brenat?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brenat?
€26,860 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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