Only 20% of households are one person living alone in Lieffrans
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For Lieffrans, the census puts households without a car at 4%. The town had 50 residents in 24 households at the 2023 Census. 16% of homes are flats, against 30% 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 Lieffrans
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lieffrans had 64 residents at the 2012 census and 50 in 2023, down 22%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 5 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lieffrans changed by −22% from 2012 to 2023, behind 99% 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
In two steps, −3% to 2017 and −19% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −5% in Haute-Saône.
Above 89% of compared French towns: 13% 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
■ Lieffrans 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.7, Lieffrans is older than 55% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 19% locally.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 20%, a lower share than 74% 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. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
In Lieffrans, 17% of homes stand empty, more than in 98% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The census found that 3.5% of homes are second homes in Lieffrans. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Lieffrans ranks below 95% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 20%
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Lieffrans comes in at 20%. As a reference point, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 93% of compared French towns: 1.9%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Lieffrans, 1.9%. The median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 93% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 51% of residents 15 and over are married here. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 92% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
Compared with other places, adults with no qualification are common here: 20%, more than in 56% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 50 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th youngest
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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Lieffrans, 4 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lieffrans | 44.7 | 19% | 3.5% | 1.9% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 9.8 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 11.4 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 12 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 15.2 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 16.2 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 17.2 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 Lieffrans
What is the population of Lieffrans?
50 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% fewer than in 2012 (64).
How old are Lieffrans’ residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 55% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lieffrans?
1, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lieffrans?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.9%). 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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