More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 50%
3.6% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few flats: 14% here, fewer than in nearly four fifths 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 Brenon
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 22 second homes and occasional dwellings in Brenon, 70% of its 31 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 87% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
50% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 29% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Brenon’s residents are under 36 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are under 15 and 18% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 70% of its homes
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
9.1% of households moved in less than two years ago; 27% have been in their home 30 years or more. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By contrast, in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Brenon, 18%.
±0% since 2012: slower than 70% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +21%; 2017 to 2023, −17%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Var town +10%.
Brenon is younger than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 36
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brenon 36. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 77% of compared French towns: 18%.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 75 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
9 households; 0% are one person
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
One-person households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. A household here holds 2.6 people on average.
50% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 14% in Brenon, more than in 91% 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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Brenon has 11%. On average, 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.
Single residents: 15%, a lower share than 99% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 50% in Brenon. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 10% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Graduates of higher education: 35% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 24 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Brenon is the youngest (36); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Brenon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenon | 36 | 18% | 70% | 11% |
| Seillans 2,941 · 11.1 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 28% | 12% |
| Fayence 6,157 · 12.9 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 23% | 9.4% |
| Tourrettes 2,972 · 13.7 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 34% | 8.3% |
| Figanières 2,762 · 14 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 17% | 4.4% |
| Callian 3,823 · 14.6 mi | 47 | 23% | 21% | 8.9% |
| Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne 4,056 · 15 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 17% | 6.2% |
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 Brenon
What is the population of Brenon?
24 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (24).
How old are Brenon’s residents?
The median age is 36, younger than 94% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brenon?
22, with occasional dwellings: 70% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brenon?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (14%). 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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