Photo: Thomas Bresson · CC BY 3.0Fewer single-parent households than 89% of compared French towns: 7%
Households headed by a manual worker: 21%, above 87% of compared French towns. Vieux-Charmont counted 2,786 residents and 1,290 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, nearly a fifth of households rent social housing (HLM). At 8.2%, the share of households without a car is lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
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.
+7% since 2012, a pace 59% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
In two steps, +5% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Doubs.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 65% of compared French towns, at 25%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vieux-Charmont 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.7, Vieux-Charmont is older than just over three fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 9.4%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 37%, a higher share than 57% 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 Doubs median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.2 people on average. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Couples with children: 25%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Vieux-Charmont: 38% of homes are flats, above 61% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 23% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.5% (under two years). Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 1.8%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,240 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.
Living standards centre on €26,240 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 53% of compared French towns. 13.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
The largest group of households: retired (32%)
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
Across Vieux-Charmont, 8.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 71% of compared French towns, at 10%
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 Vieux-Charmont, 5.1% of residents are foreign nationals. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
More married residents than 76% of compared French towns: 47%
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Vieux-Charmont has 23%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
21% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 61% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In Vieux-Charmont, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 2,761 to 2,811 people, the 12th youngest
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 39.7 in La Fère to 59.7 in Argelès-Gazost.
Older than Vieux-Charmont: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vieux-Charmont | 45.7 | 25% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Sochaux 3,721 · 0.7 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.9% | 22% |
| Grand-Charmont 5,873 · 0.8 mi | 39.2 | 21% | 0.5% | 18% |
| Étupes 3,689 · 1.8 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 0.9% | 13% |
| Bethoncourt 5,308 · 1.8 mi | 41.1 | 23% | 0.8% | 24% |
| Exincourt 3,277 · 1.9 mi | 46.7 | 27% | 0.8% | 10% |
| Montbéliard 24,672 · 2.2 mi | 41.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 20% |
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 Vieux-Charmont
What is the population of Vieux-Charmont?
2,786 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (2,605).
How old are Vieux-Charmont’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vieux-Charmont?
25, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vieux-Charmont?
INSEE counts 280 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 140 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vieux-Charmont?
€26,240 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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