Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Broze is over 61.5
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Broze has 50%. Census day 2023: 107 residents and 49 households locally. 6.1% of households have no car, or about one in 16. At 30%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Tarn 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 Broze
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Broze, 18% of its 67 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Broze’s residents are under 61.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 18% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Broze: 18% of homes are second homes, above 93% 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
One household in 16 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 4.1% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 39%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Broze’s population moved −1% on 2012, less than in 74% 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
In two steps, +10% to 2017 and −10% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Tarn.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 42% 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
■ Broze 61.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Broze has 6.6%. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 20% 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 Tarn median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.2 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in half of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 83% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 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).
In Broze, 0.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Broze, 0.9%. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
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 99% of compared French towns, at 62%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 16% of residents 15 and over are single here. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
24% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 76% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Locally, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
2nd highest median age among 41 French towns of 107 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Broze
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broze | 61.5 | 42% | 18% | 0.9% |
| Gaillac 16,162 · 3.4 mi | 45.7 | 27% | 2.9% | 11% |
| Lisle-sur-Tarn 4,939 · 7.5 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 7.7 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Rabastens 5,867 · 12 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 4.8% | 5.1% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 12.3 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Coufouleux 3,057 · 13 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 1.8% | 4.4% |
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 Broze
What is the population of Broze?
107 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (108).
How old are Broze’s residents?
The median age is 61.5, older than 99% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Broze?
12, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Broze?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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