45% of households are couples with children, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Brussieu has 18%. This Rhône town had 1,382 residents in 530 households at the 2023 census. 3.8% of households have no car. On households in social housing, Brussieu sits lower than 91% of compared French towns: 4%.
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 Brussieu
A town of families
45% of households are couples with children and 6.3% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +12% since 2012, faster than 75% 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 +10% for the median Rhône town, the change came in two steps: +12% from 2012 to 2017, then ±0% to 2023.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 12% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brussieu 39.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 39.1, Brussieu is younger than 84% of compared French towns. About one in eight: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Brussieu (12%). On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 6.3% of households are single parents in Brussieu. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.6 people.
A smaller share of flats than 70% of compared French towns: 19%
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
The figure for second homes is 3.4% in Brussieu and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats. Empty homes account for 6.6%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €29,230 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €29,230 a year: higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 16% in Brussieu, more than in 79% 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 14% in the typical compared French town, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker in Brussieu. Measured more widely, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 81% 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.
The median compared commune in Rhône has 8.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals.
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 married residents than 70% of compared French towns, at 46%
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
Single residents: 23%, below 71% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 9.2% of adults out of school have no qualification in Brussieu
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 graduates of higher education is 40% in Brussieu and 30% in the typical compared French town. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,382 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Brussieu is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brussieu | 39.1 | 12% | 3.4% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Pierre-la-Palud 2,616 · 5.1 mi | 42.1 | 17% | 1.5% | 3% |
| Sain-Bel 2,566 · 5.6 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 1.3% | 8% |
| Saint-Martin-en-Haut 3,942 · 6.2 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 3.6% | 2% |
| Vaugneray 6,304 · 6.5 mi | 41.5 | 20% | 2.5% | 3.3% |
| Pollionnay 2,958 · 6.6 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2% | 4% |
| Thurins 3,404 · 7.1 mi | 39.6 | 16% | 2.4% | 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 Brussieu
What is the population of Brussieu?
1,382 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (1,232).
How old are Brussieu’s residents?
The median age is 39.1, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brussieu?
20, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brussieu?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brussieu?
€29,230 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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