Thieffrans ranks above 97% of compared French towns on empty homes: 16%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Thieffrans counted 170 residents and 75 households at the 2023 Census. Here, 4.7% of homes are flats. Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Thieffrans has 44%.
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 Thieffrans
Empty homes
The census found 16 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Thieffrans had 178 residents at the 2012 census and 170 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 86% of compared French towns: Thieffrans changed by −4% since 2012
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
Over those years, the median Haute-Saône town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −3%, then −2% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.4% in Thieffrans, less than in 74% 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
■ Thieffrans 45. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops just over three fifths of compared French towns: 24%. With a median age of 45, Thieffrans is older than 57% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Thieffrans sits above 83% of compared French towns for single-parent households (13%)
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
Households here average 2.3 people each. One-person households are rarer here than in 70% of compared French towns. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of couples with children here, 25%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
A town of second homes: 8.5% of its homes
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 8.9% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 32%. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €24,110 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 median standard of living in Thieffrans is €24,110 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
Thieffrans: 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 66% 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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 89% of compared French towns: 2.2%
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. Elsewhere, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
Fewer married residents than in 58% of compared French towns: 42%. Across the comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 79% 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
More adults with no qualification than in 56% of compared French towns: 20%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 20th youngest of 41 French towns of 170 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 Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 5 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Thieffrans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thieffrans | 45 | 24% | 8.5% | 2.2% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 10.5 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 11 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 11.4 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 13.1 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Lure 7,877 · 15.3 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 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 Thieffrans
What is the population of Thieffrans?
170 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (178).
How old are Thieffrans’ residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Thieffrans?
8, with occasional dwellings: 8.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Thieffrans?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Thieffrans?
€24,110 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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