Households in social housing: 0.7%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 3.1% in Buthiers. Census day 2023: 336 residents and 150 households locally. On the census count, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a retired person. Few places have so few households without a car: 5.4% here, fewer than in 85% of compared French towns.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, Buthiers outgrew 69% of compared French towns: +10%
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −5% for the median Haute-Saône town, the change came in two steps: +1% from 2012 to 2017, then +9% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 13%, a higher share than 85% 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
■ Buthiers 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.7, Buthiers is younger than 60% of compared French towns. 19% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in five. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Only 3.3% of households are single parents in Buthiers
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
On average, 2.3 people share a household. One-person households are rarer here than in 77% of compared French towns. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Buthiers has 27%.
9.9% of homes are flats, fewer than in 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
21% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 14% moved in within the last two years. More second homes than in 79% of compared French towns: 5.6%. Car-free households: one in 18, where the median compared French town has 11%.
€28,320 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
At €28,320 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 17%, a higher share than 81% of compared French towns
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 20%, Buthiers is ahead of 83% of compared French towns on that count. Against that, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.5% of residents are immigrants, below 97% of compared French towns
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.
0.6% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. As a yardstick, 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.
Single residents make up 20% in Buthiers, less than in 93% 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
45% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 91% of compared French towns: 11%
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 graduates of higher education at 36%, Buthiers is ahead of 69% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 336 to 2,582 people
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.
Buthiers is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buthiers | 42.7 | 19% | 5.6% | 1.5% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 4.9 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Thise 2,994 · 5.1 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 5.2 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 5.8 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 7.5 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Saône 3,195 · 9.7 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
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 Buthiers
What is the population of Buthiers?
336 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (306).
How old are Buthiers’ residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Buthiers?
9, with occasional dwellings: 5.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Buthiers?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Buthiers?
€28,320 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).
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