Borey is older than 92% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.9
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Borey counted 223 residents and 110 households at the 2023 Census. Single-parent households: 4.5% of the total. 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 3.7% in the town.
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 Borey
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 16 second homes and occasional dwellings in Borey, 12% of its 140 homes: higher than in 89% 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 Borey’s residents are under 53.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Borey had 235 residents at the 2012 census and 223 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 18 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.
In Borey, 2.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Borey has 13%. By way of comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Second homes make up about one in eight here (12%).
A −5% change since 2012: slower than 88% 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
Above 94% of compared French towns: 35% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Borey 53.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Borey, 7.4%. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 18% of households are couples with children
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
The share of one-person households is 37%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.1 people.
A typical living standard of €23,890 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,890 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
50% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
23% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional: nearly a tenth of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 85% of compared French towns: 2.6%
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.
1.3% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
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 72% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Just over two in five residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 18% in Borey, less than in 91% 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 23% of adults out of school have no qualification here. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 223 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Borey
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borey | 53.9 | 35% | 12% | 2.6% |
| Lure 7,877 · 9.2 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 9.5 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 10.1 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 14.7 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Ronchamp 2,737 · 15 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains 6,663 · 15.6 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 5.4% | 8.7% |
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 Borey
What is the population of Borey?
223 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (235).
How old are Borey’s residents?
The median age is 53.9, older than 92% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Borey?
16, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Borey?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Borey?
€23,890 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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