Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Belfahy is over 58
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Belfahy, 1.5%. Lower than in 99% of compared French towns: 10% of households are couples with children. The town counted 83 residents and 48 households at the 2023 Census. About one in 63: that is how common empty homes are in Belfahy (1.6%).
Throughout this page, the Haute-Saône 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 Belfahy
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 75 second homes and occasional dwellings in Belfahy, 60% of its 130 homes: higher than in 98% 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 Belfahy’s residents are under 58 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Belfahy’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 45% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 60% of its homes
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
Some 14% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 20% who have been there 30 years or more. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 25: 4% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Belfahy has grown +5%, faster than 51% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haute-Saône town −5%.
In Belfahy, 4.6% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 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
■ Belfahy 58. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of residents are 65 or over in Belfahy. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 75 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
In Belfahy, 50% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% 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 Haute-Saône median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 1.7 people share a household. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Belfahy ranks below 95% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 20%
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 30% 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 rarer here than in 99% 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).
Belfahy ranks below 67% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.6%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Belfahy comes in at 5.8%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 37% in Belfahy, less than in 84% of compared French towns
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, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Belfahy, 28%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Belfahy ranks below 98% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 8.2%
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 Belfahy, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 83 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).
Belfahy is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belfahy | 58 | 34% | 60% | 4.6% |
| Giromagny 2,907 · 5.1 mi | 51 | 29% | 4.1% | 3.9% |
| Champagney 3,647 · 6.4 mi | 46 | 23% | 3.5% | 2% |
| Le Thillot 3,167 · 6.9 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 8.1% | 10% |
| Ronchamp 2,737 · 7.4 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
| Valdoie 5,175 · 9.5 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 1.6% | 8.6% |
| Offemont 4,051 · 10.6 mi | 41.7 | 19% | 1.1% | 13% |
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 Belfahy
What is the population of Belfahy?
83 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (79).
How old are Belfahy’s residents?
The median age is 58, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Belfahy?
75, with occasional dwellings: 60% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Belfahy?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (5.8%). 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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