Below 97% of compared French towns: 2.1% of households rent social housing (HLM)
Here 5.8% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. On the census count, 9.5% of homes stand empty. With a median age of 47.5, Vaire is older than 72% of compared French towns. This Doubs town counted 812 residents and 350 households at the 2023 Census.
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.
Vaire’s population changed by +9% since 2012, more than in 65% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Doubs town −1%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +8%; 2017 to 2023, ±0%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 12% in Vaire, more than in 74% 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
■ Vaire 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In Vaire, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are couples with children, a share 88% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Vaire has 28%. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.3 people.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 5.9% 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
By its share of second homes (3.1%), Vaire is above 63% of compared French towns. Flats make up about one in seven here (14%). Against that, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €27,880 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 Vaire’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,880 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 77% of compared French towns, at 38%
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
Here 10% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 54% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 88% of compared French towns: 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%; Vaire has 3.1%. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. That is lower than in 81% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%.
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 78% of compared French towns: 22%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Vaire has 47%. As a yardstick, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Vaire sits above 63% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (21%)
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
Put another way, about one in three: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 812 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Vaire: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaire | 47.5 | 23% | 3.1% | 3.1% |
| Thise 2,994 · 3.6 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Saône 3,195 · 4.6 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 7 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 7.7 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 8.2 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 9.1 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
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 Vaire
What is the population of Vaire?
812 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (747).
How old are Vaire’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vaire?
12, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vaire?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vaire?
€27,880 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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