Saint-Broing is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 63.3
Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Saint-Broing has 1.9%. Households headed by a retired person account for 90%. Few places have as many second homes: 9.6% here, more than in 88% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 105, in 55 households.
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-Broing
An older town
Half of Saint-Broing’s residents are under 63.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 44% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Broing had 119 residents at the 2012 census and 105 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −3%; 2017 to 2023, −9%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Haute-Saône town −5%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 44% in Saint-Broing, more than in 99% 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
■ Saint-Broing 63.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 3.9%, Saint-Broing is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 77% of compared French towns: 30%
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 1.9 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. A fifth of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%).
2.9% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% 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
In Saint-Broing, 8.3% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for flats in the typical compared French town: 30%.
10% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 77% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 92% of compared French towns: 2%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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: 11% 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 the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Saint-Broing, 53%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Saint-Broing ranks below 99% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 7.9%
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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 105 to 2,582 people
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 Saint-Broing (63.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Saint-Broing
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Broing | 63.3 | 44% | 9.6% | 2% |
| Gray 5,365 · 4.8 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 2.4% | 11% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 16.1 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 17.4 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
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 Saint-Broing
What is the population of Saint-Broing?
105 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (119).
How old are Saint-Broing’s residents?
The median age is 63.3, older than 99% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 44% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Broing?
6, with occasional dwellings: 9.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Broing?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). 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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