Above 95% of compared French towns: 32% of homes are second homes
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Brannay has 2.4%. 773 residents in 350 households: that is Brannay at the 2023 Census. Locally, 1.7% of households rent social housing (HLM). On single-parent households, Brannay sits lower than 99% of compared French towns: 4.3%.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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 Brannay
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 190 second homes and occasional dwellings in Brannay, 32% of its 580 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 99% 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.
Fewer households without a car than 91% of compared French towns: 4.6%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 15%. On empty homes, Brannay sits higher than nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 7.6%. As a reference point, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Brannay changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 79% 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
In two steps, −1% to 2017 and −2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −4% in Yonne.
In Brannay, 26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 71% 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
■ Brannay 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.1% in Brannay. With a median age of 44.5, Brannay is older than 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
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Above 70% of compared French towns: 29% of households are couples with children
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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 33% in Brannay. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.2 people each.
Median living standard: €26,490 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,490 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 25% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
With households headed by a retired person at 41%, Brannay is ahead of 85% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%. 5.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 17.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Brannay ranks below 83% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.8%
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.
The median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns. In Brannay, 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
In Brannay, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Brannay, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 66% 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
Graduates of higher education: 26% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 773 to 2,582
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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Brannay are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brannay | 44.5 | 26% | 32% | 2.8% |
| Pont-sur-Yonne 3,391 · 5 mi | 45.2 | 27% | 5.9% | 9.2% |
| Paron 4,834 · 6.5 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 1.5% | 12% |
| Saint-Clément 2,849 · 7.7 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Sens 27,106 · 7.9 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 2.6% | 20% |
| Villeneuve-la-Guyard 3,455 · 8.1 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 4.2% | 7.8% |
| Cannes-Écluse 2,742 · 11.3 mi | 43.5 | 24% | 2% | 7.8% |
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 Brannay
What is the population of Brannay?
773 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (792).
How old are Brannay’s residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brannay?
190, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brannay?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brannay?
€26,490 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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