Older than 86% of compared French towns: half of Étobon is over 51
Just over one in ten homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). For Étobon, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 27%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. This Haute-Saône town had 273 residents in 130 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Étobon
Fewer residents than in 2012
Étobon had 309 residents at the 2012 census and 273 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Étobon’s residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−12% since 2012, a pace below 98% 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%.
Only 8.3% of residents are 15 to 24 in Étobon
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Étobon 51. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Étobon comes in at 26%. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 19%, a lower share than 77% 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
The average household has 2.1 people. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town.
Étobon sits above 81% of compared French towns for second homes (6.3%)
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
Empty homes: 9.4% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 7.3% in Étobon.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €28,200 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €28,200 a year: higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 31%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 10%. The usual figure: 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).
Étobon ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1%
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.
The share of foreign nationals trails 93% of compared French towns: 1%. Typically, 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.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Étobon
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Étobon has 45%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 79% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Étobon. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 273 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Étobon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Étobon | 51 | 26% | 6.3% | 1% |
| Champagney 3,647 · 3.9 mi | 46 | 23% | 3.5% | 2% |
| Ronchamp 2,737 · 4.5 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
| Héricourt 10,621 · 6.2 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 1% | 8.8% |
| Essert 3,417 · 6.9 mi | 44.9 | 26% | 1.5% | 11% |
| Bavilliers 4,678 · 7.6 mi | 48.4 | 29% | 0.9% | 11% |
| Valdoie 5,175 · 8 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 1.6% | 8.6% |
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 Étobon
What is the population of Étobon?
273 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (309).
How old are Étobon’s residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Étobon?
10, with occasional dwellings: 6.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Étobon?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Étobon?
€28,200 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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