1.8% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
17% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). The 2023 Census put Filain’s population at 217, in 93 households. For Filain, the census puts one-person households at 28%. At 9.8%, the share of second homes is higher than in 88% 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.
Filain changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 76% 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 first five years brought +7%; the six to 2023, −8%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haute-Saône town −5%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.7% in Filain, less than in 95% 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
■ Filain 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Filain is 46.7, higher than in 67% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (22%).
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Only 5.6% of households are single parents in Filain
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 2.3 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. 28% of households are couples with children, more than in 64% of compared French towns.
Only 5.3% of households have no car in Filain
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
8% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households without a car in the typical compared French town is 11%. In the last two years, 6.3% of households moved in; at the other end, 26% have stayed 30 years or more.
€28,140 a year: the median standard of living
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 Filain’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,140 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
39% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. As a yardstick, 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).
Filain sits below 94% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.8%)
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 make up 0.9%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 15% of residents 15 and over are single
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
The share of married residents tops 92% of compared French towns: 50%. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 27% in Filain, less than in 62% 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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in five here (20%). Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 217 to 2,582 people, the 18th 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.
A younger town than 3 of the 5 around it: Filain
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filain | 46.7 | 22% | 9.8% | 1.8% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 6.1 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 7.4 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 13.2 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 14.3 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Thise 2,994 · 17.4 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
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 Filain
What is the population of Filain?
217 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (220).
How old are Filain’s residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 67% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Filain?
11, with occasional dwellings: 9.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Filain?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Filain?
€28,140 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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