A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns: 6.5%
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 72 residents in Écuelle, living in 36 households. Locally, a third of households are headed by a manual worker. The share of one-person households tops just over four fifths of compared French towns: 44%.
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 Écuelle
Fewer residents than in 2012
Écuelle had 83 residents at the 2012 census and 72 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Écuelle’s residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 7 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Écuelle: −13%
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 −16%, and from 2017 to 2023 +3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haute-Saône town −5%.
Écuelle is older than 89% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Écuelle 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
26% of Écuelle’s residents are 65 or older, against 24% in the median Haute-Saône town and 22% in the median compared French town; 16% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
22% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 64% 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
There are 2 people in the average household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Écuelle ranks above 94% of compared French towns on empty homes: 14%
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
23% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.1% moved in within the last two years. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty. Écuelle has more second homes than 87% of compared French towns, at 9.5%. Households without a car: 13% here and 11% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 60% of compared French towns, at 11%
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
At 33%, the share of households headed by a retired person is higher than in 55% of compared French towns. For comparison, 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).
Écuelle sits below 89% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (1.3%)
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.
Here 5.2% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. That is lower than in just over three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 12%, a lower share than 99% 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
47% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Adults with no qualification: 28%, above 86% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 72 to 2,582 people, the 8th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Écuelle and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Écuelle | 52.2 | 26% | 9.5% | 5.2% |
| Gray 5,365 · 7.7 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 2.4% | 11% |
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 Écuelle
What is the population of Écuelle?
72 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (83).
How old are Écuelle’s residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Écuelle?
5, with occasional dwellings: 9.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Écuelle?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.3%). 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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