A town of second homes: 33% of its homes
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 417 residents in Saint-Bresson, living in 200 households. About one in 14: that is how common flats are in Saint-Bresson (7.2%). The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 6.4%, against 11% 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 Saint-Bresson
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Bresson, 33% of its 350 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Bresson had 471 residents at the 2012 census and 417 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Bresson’s residents are under 52.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More empty homes than 69% of compared French towns: 8.6%
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
11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 8.4% in Saint-Bresson. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Bresson changed by −11% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −7%, and from 2017 to 2023 −5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haute-Saône town −5%.
Saint-Bresson is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Bresson 52.4. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (30%), Saint-Bresson is above 86% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Below 57% of compared French towns: 24% of households are couples with children
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 people. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 35%.
Median living standard: €23,690 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.
Living standards centre on €23,690 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Saint-Bresson sits below 90% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (7.4%)
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
A tenth of Saint-Bresson’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 39% by a retired person (32%). In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 59% of compared French towns: 5.5%
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: 5% of the total. The usual figure: 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 17% 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
In Saint-Bresson, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
28% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 86% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Saint-Bresson. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 8th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Saint-Bresson
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Bresson | 52.4 | 30% | 33% | 5.5% |
| Le Val-d'Ajol 3,885 · 4.2 mi | 52.8 | 33% | 8.7% | 2.7% |
| Fougerolles-Saint-Valbert 3,764 · 4.7 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 6.3% | 2.1% |
| Luxeuil-les-Bains 6,663 · 7.2 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 5.4% | 8.7% |
| Rupt-sur-Moselle 3,419 · 7.9 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
| Remiremont 7,388 · 10.4 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3% | 9.1% |
| Saint-Loup-sur-Semouse 2,814 · 10.7 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 1.7% | 22% |
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 Saint-Bresson
What is the population of Saint-Bresson?
417 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (471).
How old are Saint-Bresson’s residents?
The median age is 52.4, older than 90% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Bresson?
120, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Bresson?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Bresson?
€23,690 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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