Second homes: 9.4%, a higher share than 87% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Brue-Auriac had 1,463 residents in 630 households at the 2023 census. Put another way, about one in four: a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker. Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Brue-Auriac has 4.9%.
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 Brue-Auriac
Growing fast
Brue-Auriac had 1,222 residents at the 2012 census and 1,463 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +20% change since 2012: Brue-Auriac grew faster than 90% 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 +13%; from 2017 to 2023, +6%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Var town +10%.
Brue-Auriac sits below 71% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (19%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brue-Auriac 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Brue-Auriac’s residents are under 42.7, younger than in 61% of compared French towns. In Brue-Auriac, 9.8% of residents are 15 to 24. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
7.2% of households are single parents, below 88% 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
The typical household size is 2.3 people. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 29% of households are one person living alone. Couples with children are more common here than in 69% of compared French towns.
Brue-Auriac sits above 81% of compared French towns for empty homes (10%)
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
Long tenure is the mark of 9.1% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 17% (under two years). On flats, Brue-Auriac sits lower than 52% of compared French towns: 29%. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
€27,090 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
At €27,090 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Brue-Auriac sits below 80% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (5.6%)
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 retired person make up 30%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 5.1% of residents are immigrants in Brue-Auriac
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 figure for foreign nationals is 3% in Brue-Auriac and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Var has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Brue-Auriac: 48% of residents 15 and over are married, above 81% 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
The share of single residents is 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 71% of compared French towns: 15%
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
On graduates of higher education, Brue-Auriac sits higher than 53% of compared French towns: 31%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,463 to 2,582 people), the 10th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Brue-Auriac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brue-Auriac | 42.7 | 19% | 9.4% | 5.1% |
| Seillons-Source-d'Argens 2,818 · 3.7 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 6.1% | 2.8% |
| Barjols 2,984 · 3.8 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 11% | 4.9% |
| Bras 2,637 · 4 mi | 44.5 | 19% | 11% | 3.8% |
| Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume 17,896 · 6.6 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 6.4% |
| Tourves 5,207 · 8.2 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 8.4% | 4.5% |
| Le Val 4,335 · 9 mi | 50.8 | 30% | 8.7% | 6.1% |
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 Brue-Auriac
What is the population of Brue-Auriac?
1,463 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (1,222).
How old are Brue-Auriac’s residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brue-Auriac?
74, with occasional dwellings: 9.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brue-Auriac?
INSEE counts 75 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brue-Auriac?
€27,090 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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