1.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 99% of compared French towns
Second homes make up 9.8%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. One-person households come to 28% in Vaite, about three in ten. This Haute-Saône town has more empty homes than 83% of compared French towns, at 11%. At the 2023 Census Vaite was home to 224 people in 100 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.
Slower growth than 53% of compared French towns: Vaite 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −5% in Haute-Saône. Here the change came as +1% to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 26% in Vaite, more than in 72% 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
■ Vaite 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
12% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 45.4, Vaite is older than nearly three fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
In Vaite, 6.1% of households are single parents, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns
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
Couples with children: 22% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.3 people on average. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Vaite sits below 96% of compared French towns for flats (4.6%)
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
28% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.8% moved in within the last two years. Households without a car are rarer here than in 91% of compared French towns.
At the median, €22,830 a year to live on
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 Vaite’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,830 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Vaite ranks above 96% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 48%
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 17%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. 5.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 93% of compared French towns: 1.9% of residents are immigrants
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.
The median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 93% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. In Vaite, 0.8% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 80% of compared French towns: 47% of residents 15 and over are married
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
29% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
In Vaite, 14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 99% 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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in five here (19%). The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 21st oldest of 41 French towns of 224 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Vaite is younger than 1 of its 2 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaite | 45.4 | 26% | 9.8% | 1.9% |
| Gray 5,365 · 12.1 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 2.4% | 11% |
| Port-sur-Saône 2,949 · 16.2 mi | 45.3 | 23% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
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 Vaite
What is the population of Vaite?
224 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (215).
How old are Vaite’s residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vaite?
12, with occasional dwellings: 9.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vaite?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vaite?
€22,830 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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