Above 92% of compared French towns: 35% of households are couples with children
Households headed by a manual worker: 6.8% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 2,151 residents in 910 households. Across Bréval, 4.1% of households rent social housing (HLM). Half of the town’s residents are under 42.6, younger than in just over three fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Yvelines 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 Bréval
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 6.2% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bréval grew +13% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 77% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −5%, then +18% to 2023.
Bréval sits below 65% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (20%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bréval 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 10% in Bréval. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Only 6.2% of households are single parents in Bréval
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 Yvelines median and the France median
Living alone · share
31% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each.
Below 67% of compared French towns: 7.9% of households have no car
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 15% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 19%. At 22%, the share of flats is lower than in 63% of compared French towns. To put it in context, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 3.2% in Bréval.
A median standard of living of €30,090 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 median standard of living in Bréval is €30,090 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 85% of compared French towns. Some 6.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
16% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 78% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 31% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 9.4% of 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).
Bréval sits above 69% of compared French towns for immigrants (9.6%)
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 Yvelines has 15%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 69% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Census figures put foreign nationals at 5.1% in Bréval.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
46% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 69% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Bréval comes in at 23%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Bréval ranks below 76% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 36% in Bréval and 30% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 2,151 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Bréval
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bréval | 42.6 | 20% | 3.2% | 9.6% |
| Ivry-la-Bataille 2,609 · 5.4 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 3.8% | 9.3% |
| Rosny-sur-Seine 7,328 · 5.6 mi | 37 | 14% | 1.1% | 20% |
| Bonnières-sur-Seine 5,064 · 6.3 mi | 38.5 | 17% | 1.1% | 14% |
| Buchelay 3,360 · 7 mi | 38.3 | 18% | 1.5% | 16% |
| Magnanville 6,383 · 7.1 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 0.5% | 16% |
| Freneuse 4,505 · 7.1 mi | 38.9 | 18% | 4.6% | 15% |
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 Bréval
What is the population of Bréval?
2,151 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (1,906).
How old are Bréval’s residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bréval?
32, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bréval?
INSEE counts 210 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.6% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bréval?
€30,090 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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