6.8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Gouhelans had 118 residents in 56 households at the 2023 Census. For Gouhelans, the census puts second homes at 8.6%. Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Gouhelans comes in at 5.7%.
Throughout this page, the Doubs 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 Gouhelans
An older town
Half of Gouhelans’ residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 8 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Gouhelans grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 60% 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
Half of Gouhelans is over 51, older than 86% 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
■ Gouhelans 51. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over in Gouhelans.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Only 33% of households are one person living alone in Gouhelans
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 Doubs median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.1 people share a household. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At 25%, the share of couples with children is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Gouhelans: 11% of homes stand empty, above 86% 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
Turnover: 7.1% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 32% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 5.4% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%).
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,200 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 Gouhelans’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,200 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 97% of compared French towns, at 50%
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 manual worker make up 17%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 86% of compared French towns, at 2.5%
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.
1.7% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Gouhelans ranks below 95% of compared French towns on single residents: 19%
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
47% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 96% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 28%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
41 French towns of 118 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Gouhelans sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gouhelans | 51 | 26% | 8.6% | 2.5% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 7.3 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 11 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 14.2 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 14.8 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| Lure 7,877 · 17.2 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Thise 2,994 · 17.8 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
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 Gouhelans
What is the population of Gouhelans?
118 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (110).
How old are Gouhelans’ residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gouhelans?
6, with occasional dwellings: 8.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gouhelans?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gouhelans?
€25,200 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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