Brosses is older than 96% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.5
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 265 people lived in Brosses, in 140 households. About one in 63: that is how common flats are in Brosses (1.6%). Here 3.6% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%.
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 Brosses
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 89 second homes and occasional dwellings in Brosses, 36% of its 240 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Brosses had 308 residents at the 2012 census and 265 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Brosses’ residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
36% of homes are second homes, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 7.2% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 25%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. On households without a car, Brosses sits lower than 77% of compared French towns: 6.5%. One household in 15 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Brosses changed by −14% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 99% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Yonne town −4%. The change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and −12% from 2017 to 2023.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns: 40%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brosses 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 99% of compared French towns: 4.9%. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
14% of households are couples with children, below 93% 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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 1.9 people. Brosses has more one-person households than 67% of compared French towns, at 39%. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children.
A median standard of living of €25,150 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 €25,150 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Brosses ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 57%
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 the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Brosses, 11%. Across the comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 7.1%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.3% of residents are immigrants in Brosses
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 89% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. Put another way, about one in 67: 1.5% 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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 married residents tops 96% of compared French towns: 52%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 66% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Fewer graduates of higher education than in 55% of compared French towns: 29%. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 265 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Brosses is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Brosses
What is the population of Brosses?
265 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (308).
How old are Brosses’ residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brosses?
89, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brosses?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brosses?
€25,150 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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