Combloux sits above 99% of compared French towns for second homes (71%)
3.5% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. At 4.4%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 92% of compared French towns. There were 930 households in Combloux at the 2023 Census, home to 2,093 residents. One-person households come to 30% locally, about three in ten.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Savoie 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 Combloux
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 2,560 second homes and occasional dwellings in Combloux, 71% of its 3,610 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 26% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households in social housing: 2.9%, a lower share than 94% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 21% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 10% (under two years). Flats are more common here than in 86% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Combloux changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 67% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Haute-Savoie town +14%.
Combloux sits below 82% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.9%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Combloux 45. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Combloux’s residents are over 45, older than in 57% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The census found that just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Combloux: 28% of households are couples with children, above 65% 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-Savoie median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of single-parent households here, 9.7%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
€32,420 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €32,420 a year: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 6.0% of residents have a standard of living below 60% of France’s median.
Below 89% of compared French towns: 7.5% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 manager or professional is 13%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%. On the census count, 33% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5% of residents are immigrants, below 64% of compared French towns
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-Savoie has 13%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 64% of compared French towns. The census found that 3.8% of residents are foreign nationals in Combloux. On average, 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.
Married residents make up 50% in Combloux, more than in 90% 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
Single residents: 20%, below 90% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 88% 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
Just over two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 20th youngest of 41 French towns of 2,093 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Combloux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combloux | 45 | 22% | 71% | 5% |
| Megève 2,893 · 3.1 mi | 54.3 | 32% | 83% | 5.3% |
| Sallanches 17,319 · 3.1 mi | 44 | 22% | 12% | 9.1% |
| Saint-Gervais-les-Bains 5,755 · 3.2 mi | 46 | 22% | 68% | 9.8% |
| Passy 10,856 · 3.5 mi | 45.2 | 21% | 12% | 8.5% |
| Les Houches 3,515 · 7.4 mi | 43.3 | 17% | 62% | 19% |
| Magland 3,220 · 7.9 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 19% | 8% |
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 Combloux
What is the population of Combloux?
2,093 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,079).
How old are Combloux’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Combloux?
2,560, with occasional dwellings: 71% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Combloux?
INSEE counts 100 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 79 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Combloux?
€32,420 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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