Photo: Llann Wé² · CC BY-SA 3.01.5% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of one-person households is 27%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Les Brouzils counted 2,938 residents and 1,150 households at the 2023 Census. Households without a car account for 2.5%. Few places have so few households in social housing: 4.2% here, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Vendée 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 Les Brouzils
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 6% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Les Brouzils outgrew 70% of compared French towns: +10%
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +9% in Vendée.
In Les Brouzils, 18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 77% 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
■ Les Brouzils 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.3, Les Brouzils is younger than 63% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. For Les Brouzils, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
34% of households are couples with children, a share 90% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Vendée median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.5 people. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. On single-parent households, Les Brouzils sits lower than 96% of compared French towns: 6%.
Empty homes: 4.9%, a lower share than 76% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 20% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.5% (under two years). Few places have so few second homes: 2.1% here, fewer than in just over half of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
€26,670 a year: the median standard of living
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 €26,670 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 58% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 4.0% of residents are below the line.
26% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 98% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person trails 71% of compared French towns: 29%. In Les Brouzils, just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. To put it in context, 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 90% of compared French towns, at 2.2%
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.
1.6% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Les Brouzils ranks below 62% of compared French towns on married residents: 41%
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
Census figures put single residents at 26% in Les Brouzils. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Les Brouzils, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 83% 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
Few places have so few graduates of higher education: 29% here, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,909 to 2,967 people), the 6th 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 32.5 in Avord to 58.7 in Lalinde.
Les Brouzils is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Brouzils | 42.3 | 18% | 2.1% | 2.2% |
| L'Herbergement 3,482 · 2.8 mi | 39.5 | 15% | 0.5% | 3.1% |
| Chavagnes-en-Paillers 3,726 · 3.7 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 1.8% | 2.9% |
| Chauché 2,613 · 4.7 mi | 41.1 | 18% | 0.9% | 1.5% |
| Montréverd 3,857 · 5.2 mi | 37.2 | 13% | 2.7% | 1.2% |
| Montaigu-Vendée 21,134 · 5.8 mi | 41.9 | 18% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Fulgent 3,994 · 7.3 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 1% | 5.5% |
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 Les Brouzils
What is the population of Les Brouzils?
2,938 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (2,666).
How old are Les Brouzils’ residents?
The median age is 42.3, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Brouzils?
26, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Brouzils?
INSEE counts 63 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 46 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Brouzils?
€26,670 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 4.0% 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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