19% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
The share of flats tops 78% of compared French towns: 53%. Brignais had 12,503 residents in 5,590 households at the 2023 census. Put another way, about one in 25: 4% of homes stand empty. The median age in the town is 42, lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Rhône 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.
Since 2012, Brignais has grown +10%, faster than 69% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved ±0%, then +9% to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 60% of compared French towns: 10%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brignais 42. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, 22% of residents are 65 or over. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 8.8% in Brignais, less than in 69% 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 Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.2 people share a household. 37% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 59% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Brignais has 26%.
Brignais sits above 61% of compared French towns for households in social housing (15%)
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
Without a car: one household in 10, against 11% in the median compared French town. Measured more widely, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Second homes make up about one in 71 here (1.4%). Households without a car are rarer here than in just over half of compared French towns.
€30,270 a year: the median standard of living
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 €30,270 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 86% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 10.0%.
Brignais sits below 81% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (9.3%)
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
In Brignais, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. By way of 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).
Brignais ranks above 63% of compared French towns on immigrants: 8.4%
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.
The median compared commune in Rhône has 8.2%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 63% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals: 5% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 24%, a lower share than 59% 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
44% of residents 15 and over are married, a higher share than in 56% of compared French towns. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Brignais, 43% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 85% 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
Adults with no qualification: 16%, below 70% of compared French towns. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 17th youngest of 41 French towns of 12,206 to 12,806 people
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 33.2 in Villetaneuse to 60 in Andernos-les-Bains.
Brignais and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brignais | 42 | 22% | 1.4% | 8.4% |
| Vourles 3,332 · 1.3 mi | 47.2 | 23% | 1.2% | 4.9% |
| Orliénas 2,675 · 1.9 mi | 42.5 | 17% | 1.9% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Genis-Laval 21,212 · 2.2 mi | 43.4 | 22% | 1.5% | 10% |
| Charly 4,811 · 2.5 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 1.1% | 5.5% |
| Chaponost 9,382 · 2.5 mi | 44 | 22% | 1.7% | 6.3% |
| Soucieu-en-Jarrest 4,660 · 2.9 mi | 40.3 | 17% | 0.8% | 3.9% |
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 Brignais
What is the population of Brignais?
12,503 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (11,390).
How old are Brignais’ residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brignais?
82, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brignais?
INSEE counts 1,050 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.4% of residents, and 630 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brignais?
€30,270 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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