A smaller share of flats than 98% of compared French towns: 3.3%
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.2%, Traves is behind 96% of compared French towns on that count. At the 2023 Census Traves was home to 345 people in 170 households. About one in four: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Traves (27%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Traves
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 30 second homes and occasional dwellings in Traves, 14% of its 210 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Traves’ residents are under 52.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Traves, 14% of homes are second homes, more than in 91% 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 the last two years, nearly one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 32% have stayed 30 years or more. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 7.3% of households have no car, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 6.7%.
Since 2012, Traves has changed by −4%, slower than 84% 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 first five years brought +1%; the six to 2023, −5%.
A median age of 52.1: Traves is older than 89% 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
■ Traves 52.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops just over four fifths of compared French towns: 29%.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Only 18% of households are couples with children in Traves
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 share of one-person households trails 75% of compared French towns: 30%. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Across Traves, just over one in ten households are single parents.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,040 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.
Half of Traves’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,040 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
39% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 82% 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. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Traves sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (0.9%)
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.
Foreign nationals: 0.3%, below 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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.
Traves: 49% of residents 15 and over are married, above 87% 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
Here nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Traves sits below 80% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (22%)
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
21% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 9th 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Traves
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traves | 52.1 | 29% | 14% | 0.9% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 6.2 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 7.9 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 8.8 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
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 Traves
What is the population of Traves?
345 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (359).
How old are Traves’ residents?
The median age is 52.1, older than 89% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Traves?
30, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Traves?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Traves?
€26,040 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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