14% of homes stand empty, more than in 95% of compared French towns
With households headed by a manual worker at 18%, Brignoles is ahead of 74% of compared French towns on that count. 17,850 residents in 8,010 households: that is Brignoles at the 2023 Census. Here, 50% of homes are flats. The median age here is 42.6, lower than in 61% 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 Brignoles
Empty homes
The census found 1,400 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+8% since 2012, a pace 65% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 change was +4% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Var town +10%.
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 73% of compared French towns, at 12%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brignoles 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
On the census count, 22% of residents are 65 or over. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Brignoles sits above 62% of compared French towns for one-person households (38%)
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 the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Brignoles has 11%. Fewer couples with children than in 54% of compared French towns: 25%. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
In Brignoles, 17% of households have no car, more than in 75% 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
The share of households in social housing is 14%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many second homes: 3% here, more than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €22,510 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 €22,510 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 85% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 25.0% of residents.
Below 67% of compared French towns: 7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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 Brignoles, 31% of households are headed by a retired person. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Brignoles: 12% of residents are immigrants, above 78% 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.
The median compared commune in Var has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 78% of compared French towns. 9.8% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
30% of residents 15 and over are single, a share 79% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Fewer married residents than in 56% of compared French towns: 42%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 84% 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
Here 25% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (17,237 to 18,503 people), the 19th 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.
The youngest is L'Isle-d'Abeau (33.3), the oldest Vire Normandie (50.1).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Brignoles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brignoles | 42.6 | 22% | 3% | 12% |
| Le Val 4,335 · 2.2 mi | 50.8 | 30% | 8.7% | 6.1% |
| Garéoult 5,835 · 5 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 7.5% | 3.5% |
| Forcalqueiret 3,389 · 5 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 8.9% | 3.1% |
| La Roquebrussanne 2,817 · 6.4 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 7.7% | 2.9% |
| Rocbaron 5,660 · 6.9 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 5.8% | 3% |
| Besse-sur-Issole 3,125 · 6.9 mi | 48.6 | 24% | 11% | 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 Brignoles
What is the population of Brignoles?
17,850 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (16,454).
How old are Brignoles’ residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brignoles?
290, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brignoles?
INSEE counts 2,120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 1,740 foreign nationals (9.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brignoles?
€22,510 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 25.0% 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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