Below 99% of compared French towns: 18% of households are one person living alone
The figure for households without a car is 2.3% in Hautefond and 11% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 201 people lived here, in 87 households. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 53% here. Second homes are more common here than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire 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 Hautefond
An older town
Half of Hautefond’s residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Hautefond had 210 residents at the 2012 census and 201 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 than most: −4% since 2012, behind 86% 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
Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then −2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −3% in Saône-et-Loire.
Half of Hautefond is over 53, older than 91% 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
■ Hautefond 53. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. 26% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in four.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 29%, a higher share than 73% 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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.3 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Flats make up 3.1% in Hautefond, less than in 98% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 13% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 29%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 5.8% of homes stand empty, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €27,420 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.
Living standards centre on €27,420 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 24%, a higher share than 93% 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
With households headed by a manual worker at 5.9%, Hautefond is behind 94% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Hautefond, 2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 91% 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 Saône-et-Loire has 6.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. The share of foreign nationals stands at 1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Hautefond sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (15%)
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
Married residents: 49% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 77% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 15% in Hautefond and 19% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (201 to 2,582 people), the 7th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Hautefond is younger than 4 of its 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hautefond | 53 | 26% | 5.8% | 2% |
| Paray-le-Monial 9,291 · 2.3 mi | 54.2 | 36% | 3.4% | 7.2% |
| Charolles 2,772 · 5.6 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 4.9% | 4% |
| Digoin 7,353 · 8.4 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 1.9% | 15% |
| Gueugnon 6,528 · 12.3 mi | 58 | 38% | 1.8% | 8.6% |
| Sanvignes-les-Mines 4,235 · 16.8 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 1.1% | 2.9% |
| Saint-Vallier 8,508 · 17.5 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 1.7% | 5% |
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 Hautefond
What is the population of Hautefond?
201 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (210).
How old are Hautefond’s residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hautefond?
6, with occasional dwellings: 5.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hautefond?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hautefond?
€27,420 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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