A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 98% of compared French towns: 2.8%
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Broye, 6%. At the 2023 Census Broye was home to 760 people in 360 households. Locally, 6.6% of households rent social housing (HLM). On residents aged 15 to 24, Broye sits lower than just over four fifths of compared French towns: 8.9%.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire 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 Broye
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 94 second homes and occasional dwellings in Broye, 19% of its 500 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Broye ranks above 93% of compared French towns on second homes: 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
Nearly one in ten households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 7.7%, more than in three fifths of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 62% of compared French towns: Broye changed by +2% 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 Saône-et-Loire town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +2% and the next six ±0%.
Older than 82% of compared French towns: half of Broye is over 49.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Broye 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26%, above 73% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 64% of compared French towns: 22% of households are couples with children
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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.1 people each. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. On single-parent households, Broye sits lower than 76% of compared French towns: 8.3%. Still, with one-person households at 36%, Broye is ahead of 54% of compared French towns on that count.
€24,740 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
At €24,740 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
43% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 90% 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
In Broye, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. 2.8% of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 43% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Broye, 4.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 71% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Broye has 2.9%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 87% 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
48% of residents 15 and over are married and 6.5% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 7.4% are widowed. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Broye
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in five. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 760 to 2,582
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.
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Broye
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broye | 49.8 | 26% | 19% | 4.2% |
| Autun 13,172 · 5.6 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 3.4% | 13% |
| Le Creusot 20,509 · 8.1 mi | 48.4 | 30% | 1.9% | 14% |
| Torcy 2,678 · 9.1 mi | 46.1 | 28% | 1% | 17% |
| Le Breuil 3,538 · 9.4 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 1.7% | 7.5% |
| Montchanin 4,976 · 11.9 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 2.4% | 7.8% |
| Blanzy 5,955 · 12.9 mi | 53 | 32% | 0.9% | 5% |
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 Broye
What is the population of Broye?
760 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (747).
How old are Broye’s residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 82% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Broye?
94, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Broye?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Broye?
€24,740 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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