A median age of 36.7: Bron is younger than 92% of compared French towns
The share of households without a car tops 89% of compared French towns: 23%. Census day 2023: 42,982 residents and 18,470 households in Bron. Flats account for 83%. At 22%, the share of households in social housing is higher than in just over four fifths 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.
What stands out about the people of Bron
Immigrants
INSEE counts 8,700 immigrants in Bron (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 20% of residents, against 8.2% for the median compared commune in Rhône. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A young town
Half of Bron’s residents are under 36.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 18% are under 15 and 18% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 68% of compared French towns: Bron changed by +10% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +6%; 2017 to 2023, +3%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Rhône town +10%.
16% of residents are 15 to 24, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bron 36.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Bron comes in at 18%. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Bron ranks above 74% of compared French towns on one-person households: 41%
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
The average household has 2.2 people. 9.9% of households are single parents, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 25%.
1.6% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 59% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 13%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 14%. Empty homes are more common here than in 50% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Without a car: one household in four, against 11% in the median compared French town.
The median resident lives on €24,530 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.
Half of Bron’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,530 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 66% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 22.0% of residents.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 79% of compared French towns, at 26%
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Bron comes in at 12%. The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 16% here.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Bron sits above 93% of compared French towns for immigrants (20%)
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (15%), Bron is above 92% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of single residents than 92% of compared French towns, at 35%
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
Married residents: 40% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Bron ranks above 80% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 40%
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 21% in Bron and 19% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 40,389 to 45,702 people, the 13th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Stains is the youngest (32.4); Sète the oldest (53.6).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Bron 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bron | 36.7 | 18% | 1.6% | 20% |
| Lyon 8e 85,943 · 2.1 mi | 32.2 | 14% | 3.6% | 19% |
| Villeurbanne 163,684 · 2.6 mi | 32.3 | 14% | 3.5% | 20% |
| Lyon 3e 100,679 · 2.6 mi | 33.1 | 14% | 7.1% | 15% |
| Chassieu 11,208 · 2.7 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 0.5% | 9.9% |
| Vénissieux 65,502 · 2.7 mi | 34.4 | 15% | 1.4% | 28% |
| Vaulx-en-Velin 53,069 · 2.8 mi | 32.5 | 13% | 0.6% | 30% |
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 Bron
What is the population of Bron?
42,982 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (39,232).
How old are Bron’s residents?
The median age is 36.7, younger than 92% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bron?
330, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bron?
INSEE counts 8,670 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 20% of residents, and 6,400 foreign nationals (15%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bron?
€24,530 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 22.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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