Le Brugeron is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 58.9
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Le Brugeron comes in at 11%. By contrast, 55% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 99% of compared French towns. The town’s 130 households held 256 residents at the 2023 Census. Flats make up about one in 31 here (3.2%).
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.
What stands out about the people of Le Brugeron
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 220 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Brugeron, 59% of its 370 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Le Brugeron’s residents are under 58.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Le Brugeron ranks above 98% of compared French towns on second homes: 59%
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
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Le Brugeron comes in at 2.1%. Households without a car account for 6.2%.
Slower than most: +2% since 2012, behind 61% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Puy-de-Dôme town, the change came in two steps: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
Le Brugeron ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 5.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Brugeron 58.9. The median compared French town: 44.
35% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Le Brugeron sits below 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (3.6%)
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
The average household has 2 people. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Le Brugeron has 34%.
A median of €22,180 a year per consumption unit
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 €22,180 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
6.8% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 91% 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
Here 7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Le Brugeron, 5.7% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 62% 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.
That is lower than in 51% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Here, 6.4% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 98% of compared French towns: 54%
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
Here 20% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 59% of compared French towns
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
On the census count, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (256 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Le Brugeron is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Brugeron | 58.9 | 35% | 59% | 6.4% |
| Courpière 4,166 · 9.3 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 3.7% | 5.7% |
| Ambert 6,517 · 11.2 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 8.2% | 6.5% |
| Thiers 11,637 · 13.4 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 3.8% | 11% |
| Boën-sur-Lignon 3,001 · 14 mi | 55.3 | 35% | 2.3% | 3.6% |
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 Le Brugeron
What is the population of Le Brugeron?
256 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (251).
How old are Le Brugeron’s residents?
The median age is 58.9, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Brugeron?
220, with occasional dwellings: 59% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Brugeron?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (5.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Brugeron?
€22,180 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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