Households in social housing make up 2.2% in Bras, less than in 96% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Bras has 31%. At the 2023 Census, 2,637 people lived in the town, in 1,110 households. Put another way, about one in 21: 4.7% of households have no car. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 9.8%, more than in 78% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Var 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 Bras
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bras, 11% of its 1,410 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 89% 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.
Second homes: 11%, a higher share than 89% 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
Some 9.1% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 10% who have been there 30 years or more. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In Bras, 15% of homes are flats.
Bras changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, behind 55% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +6%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Var town +10%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 19% in Bras, less than in 73% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bras 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.5%, below 73% of compared French towns. Half of Bras’s residents are over 44.5, older than in 53% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 28% in Bras, less than in 86% 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 Var median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Bras, 13% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.4 people.
At the median, €26,610 a year to live on
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 €26,610 a year: higher than in 57% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 14.0%.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 80% of compared French towns: 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Bras has 13%. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town. For Bras, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 12%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Bras sits below 82% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (1.8%)
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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Bras has 3.8%. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Below 68% of compared French towns: 23% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Across Bras, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 12%, a lower share than 87% of compared French towns
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
With graduates of higher education at 37%, Bras is ahead of 71% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,606 to 2,668 people), the 16th 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.
Ages run from 34.6 in Bourguébus to 62.9 in Longeville-sur-Mer.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Bras
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bras | 44.5 | 19% | 11% | 3.8% |
| Seillons-Source-d'Argens 2,818 · 4.2 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 6.1% | 2.8% |
| Tourves 5,207 · 4.5 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 8.4% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume 17,896 · 4.6 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 6.4% |
| Le Val 4,335 · 6.4 mi | 50.8 | 30% | 8.7% | 6.1% |
| Barjols 2,984 · 6.6 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 11% | 4.9% |
| Brignoles 17,850 · 7.1 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 3% | 12% |
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 Bras
What is the population of Bras?
2,637 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (2,543).
How old are Bras’ residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bras?
160, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bras?
INSEE counts 100 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 47 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bras?
€26,610 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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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