Malbouhans ranks below 98% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.8%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 337 residents in 160 households: that is Malbouhans at the 2023 Census. Here, 6.2% of households are single parents. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Malbouhans has 14%.
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 Malbouhans
Fewer residents than in 2012
Malbouhans had 373 residents at the 2012 census and 337 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 21 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −10% since 2012 leaves Malbouhans behind 97% 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 median Haute-Saône town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −10% and the next six +1%.
A median age of 49.6: Malbouhans is older than 81% 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
■ Malbouhans 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
28% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%).
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
Fewer one-person households than 70% of compared French towns: 31%
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 2.2 people in the average household. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 28% of households are couples with children, more than in 66% of compared French towns.
A larger share of empty homes than 86% of compared French towns: 12%
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
There is little gap on second homes: 2.7%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly one in ten households have no car in Malbouhans.
Half above, half below €24,520 a year in 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,520 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Malbouhans: 34% of households are headed by a retired person, above 61% 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
In Malbouhans, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 74% of compared French towns, at 3.9%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Malbouhans comes in at 2.1%. The wider picture: 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.
Malbouhans ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 16%
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
Married residents: 53%, above 98% of compared French towns. On average, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Malbouhans: 31% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 93% 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 19% in Malbouhans and 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 337 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Malbouhans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malbouhans | 49.6 | 28% | 2.7% | 3.9% |
| Ronchamp 2,737 · 2.7 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
| Lure 7,877 · 4.3 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Champagney 3,647 · 4.7 mi | 46 | 23% | 3.5% | 2% |
| Giromagny 2,907 · 11.6 mi | 51 | 29% | 4.1% | 3.9% |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains 6,663 · 11.9 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 5.4% | 8.7% |
| Essert 3,417 · 12.5 mi | 44.9 | 26% | 1.5% | 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 Malbouhans
What is the population of Malbouhans?
337 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (373).
How old are Malbouhans’ residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 81% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Malbouhans?
5, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Malbouhans?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Malbouhans?
€24,520 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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