1.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker here. Census day 2023: 663 residents and 310 households in Brachy. 8.9% of homes are second homes, or about one in 11. The median age in the town is 47.2, higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Seine-Maritime 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 Brachy
Fewer residents than in 2012
Brachy had 757 residents at the 2012 census and 663 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 98% of compared French towns: Brachy changed by −12% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Seine-Maritime town ±0%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +1%; 2017 to 2023, −14%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 71% of compared French towns, at 9.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brachy 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in four: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Brachy (23%). Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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 Seine-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 31% of households are one person living alone in Brachy. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Across Brachy, 27% of households are couples with children.
A lower share of households without a car than 60% of compared French towns, at 9%
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 11, against 11% in the median compared French town. Of all households, 7.3% moved in during the last two years and 30% have stayed three decades or more.
Median living standard: €24,890 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,890 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
44% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 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
7.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 97% of compared French towns, at 1.4%
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 Seine-Maritime has 3.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. For Brachy, the census puts foreign nationals at 0.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 19% in Brachy, less than in 96% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Brachy comes in at 47%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns: 13%
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
28% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (663 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
Older than Brachy: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brachy | 47.2 | 23% | 8.9% | 1.4% |
| Offranville 3,242 · 5.5 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 3.9% | 1.5% |
| Dieppe 28,496 · 9.3 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 12% | 4.4% |
| Val-de-Scie 2,530 · 10.5 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 3.6% | 1.3% |
| Yerville 2,731 · 10.7 mi | 47.4 | 28% | 0.9% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Valery-en-Caux 3,851 · 11.2 mi | 52.9 | 32% | 26% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont 3,665 · 12.8 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
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 Brachy
What is the population of Brachy?
663 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (757).
How old are Brachy’s residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 70% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brachy?
32, with occasional dwellings: 8.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brachy?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brachy?
€24,890 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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