Bucey-lès-Traves sits below 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.4%)
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 144 people lived in Bucey-lès-Traves, in 60 households. In Bucey-lès-Traves, 9.7% of homes are second homes. Here 6.9% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%.
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 Bucey-lès-Traves
Growing fast
Bucey-lès-Traves had 110 residents at the 2012 census and 144 in 2023, up 31%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 8.3% single parents with children; 26% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bucey-lès-Traves’s population changed by +31% since 2012, more than in 97% 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
The median Haute-Saône town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +12% and the next six +17%.
Younger than 69% of compared French towns: half of Bucey-lès-Traves is under 41.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bucey-lès-Traves 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 78 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Average household size: 2.4 people. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 33%, more than in 88% of compared French towns. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Here 8.3% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Households without a car: 5.1%, a lower share than 87% 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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Bucey-lès-Traves comes in at 8.5%. At the same time, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households without a car is 11% in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €27,660 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 median standard of living in Bucey-lès-Traves is €27,660 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 67% of compared French towns.
Bucey-lès-Traves ranks above 67% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 17%
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 retired person: 33% of the total. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of Bucey-lès-Traves’ residents are immigrants
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 78% of compared French towns, at 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
Married residents: 45%, above two thirds of compared French towns. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Bucey-lès-Traves, 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 74% 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
With adults with no qualification at 17%, Bucey-lès-Traves is behind just over three fifths of compared French towns on that count. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
7th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 144 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 young as Bucey-lès-Traves
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucey-lès-Traves | 41.5 | 23% | 9.7% | 0% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 5.1 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 7.5 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 8.3 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
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 Bucey-lès-Traves
What is the population of Bucey-lès-Traves?
144 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 31% more than in 2012 (110).
How old are Bucey-lès-Traves’ residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bucey-lès-Traves?
7, with occasional dwellings: 9.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bucey-lès-Traves?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bucey-lès-Traves?
€27,660 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.