Households in social housing make up 2.7% in Balanod, less than in 95% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Couples with children account for 20%. Balanod is home to 323 residents in 150 households, by the 2023 Census. With households without a car at 4.7%, Balanod is behind 90% of compared French towns on that count.
Throughout this page, the Jura 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 Balanod
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 23 second homes and occasional dwellings in Balanod, 12% of its 190 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 87% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Balanod had 341 residents at the 2012 census and 323 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 89% of compared French towns: 12% of homes are second 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
By its share of empty homes (11%), Balanod is above 83% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Balanod, the census puts flats at 22%.
Slower growth than 89% of compared French towns: Balanod changed by −5% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Jura town −4%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.7% in Balanod, less than in 86% 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
■ Balanod 41.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Balanod is 41.1, lower than in 72% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (20%).
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
40% of households are one person living alone, a share 69% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Jura median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.2 people. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. In Balanod, one in ten households are single parents.
Half above, half below €25,480 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.
Half of Balanod’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,480 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Balanod ranks above 93% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 23%
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
Here 40% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 73% of compared French towns, at 4%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Balanod, 2.5%. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 51%, a higher share than 94% 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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Balanod, 23%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 84% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Roughly two in ten: a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th youngest 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).
No nearby town is as young as Balanod
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balanod | 41.1 | 20% | 12% | 4% |
| Saint-Étienne-du-Bois 2,584 · 12.3 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud 6,446 · 13.5 mi | 55.4 | 37% | 2.9% | 6.1% |
| Montrevel-en-Bresse 2,743 · 14 mi | 49.6 | 31% | 2.3% | 4.4% |
| Attignat 3,409 · 14.9 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 1.2% | 3.7% |
| Viriat 7,102 · 16 mi | 43 | 20% | 1.8% | 6.8% |
| Montmorot 3,261 · 17.5 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
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 Balanod
What is the population of Balanod?
323 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (341).
How old are Balanod’s residents?
The median age is 41.1, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Balanod?
23, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Balanod?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Balanod?
€25,480 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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