Below 97% of compared French towns: 13% of households are couples with children
1.5% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Balot had 86 residents in 45 households at the 2023 census. The share of households without a car stands at 7.3%.
Throughout this page, the Côte-d'Or 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 Balot
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in Balot, 26% of its 74 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Balot’s residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 10 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 26%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 13% of the total. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Without a car: one household in 14, against 11% in the median compared French town.
A growing town: +9% since 2012, faster than 66% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −2% for the median Côte-d'Or town, the change came in two steps: +14% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
3.8% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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
■ Balot 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 29%, above 84% of compared French towns. What’s more, with a median age of 51.3, Balot is older than 87% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Above 83% of compared French towns: 13% of households are single parents
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 Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households make up 37%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. Households average 1.9 people.
13% of households are headed by a retired person, below 99% of compared French towns
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 figure for households headed by a manual worker is 25% in Balot and 14% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Balot: 0% of residents are immigrants
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 Côte-d'Or has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% 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.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, nearly two in five residents 15 and over are married here. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Balot, 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 78% 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
Across Balot, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (86 to 2,582 people), the 11th oldest
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.
1 of 2 neighbors are older than Balot
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balot | 51.3 | 29% | 26% | 0% |
| Châtillon-sur-Seine 5,443 · 7.3 mi | 48.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 12% |
| Montbard 4,639 · 13.6 mi | 52.9 | 33% | 3.8% | 7.3% |
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 Balot
What is the population of Balot?
86 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (79).
How old are Balot’s residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Balot?
19, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Balot?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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