A median age of 51.8: Cresancey is older than 88% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 17% of households are couples with children. In 2023, the Census found 181 residents in Cresancey, living in 87 households. The share of households without a car is 5.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French 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 Cresancey
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cresancey had 194 residents at the 2012 census and 181 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Cresancey’s residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Cresancey’s population moved −7% on 2012, less than in 92% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Haute-Saône town −5%.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 9.3% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cresancey 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (22%). Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 59% of compared French towns: 33%
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
Households average 2.1 people. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 11%, more than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
9% of homes are flats, fewer than in 88% 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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, one in ten homes stand empty in Cresancey. Across the comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. The census found that 2% of homes are second homes here.
€23,120 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.
Half of Cresancey’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,120 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
22% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 91% 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
Here 28% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 99% of compared French towns: 0.5%
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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 2.2% of residents are immigrants here. The median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% 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 Cresancey, less than in 89% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are married in Cresancey. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Cresancey ranks below 99% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Cresancey, 32%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 181 to 2,582 people, the 9th oldest
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Cresancey
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cresancey | 51.8 | 22% | 2% | 2.2% |
| Gray 5,365 · 4.5 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 2.4% | 11% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 15.6 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 16.2 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 16.7 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 17.7 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
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 Cresancey
What is the population of Cresancey?
181 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (194).
How old are Cresancey’s residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cresancey?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cresancey?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cresancey?
€23,120 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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