A larger share of second homes than 97% of compared French towns: 47%
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Uchon comes in at 1%. On households headed by a retired person, Uchon sits higher than 99% of compared French towns: 60%. At the 2023 Census Uchon was home to 105 people in 49 households. Empty homes: 2.3% of the total.
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 Uchon
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Uchon, 47% of its 95 homes: higher than in 97% 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 Uchon’s residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 1.9% of households have no car in Uchon
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 58% of compared French towns: Uchon changed by +3% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Saône-et-Loire town −3%. The change was −4% from 2012 to 2017 and +7% from 2017 to 2023.
Older than 88% of compared French towns: half of Uchon is over 51.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Uchon 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Uchon, 25%. Put another way, about one in ten: 10% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 75% of compared French towns: 30%
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
Average household size: 2.2 people. Lower than in 77% of compared French towns: 30% of households are one person living alone. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. 10% of households are single parents, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Uchon sits above 83% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (20%)
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
Roughly one in ten: one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. The wider picture: 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).
6.7% of Uchon’s 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Saône-et-Loire has 6.9%. Foreign nationals: 4.7% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 98% of compared French towns: 53%
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
The share of single residents is 22%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Only 6.8% of adults out of school have no qualification in Uchon
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (36%), Uchon is above 70% of compared French towns. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 10th oldest of 41 French towns of 105 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).
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Uchon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uchon | 51.5 | 25% | 47% | 6.7% |
| Le Creusot 20,509 · 8.1 mi | 48.4 | 30% | 1.9% | 14% |
| Torcy 2,678 · 8.5 mi | 46.1 | 28% | 1% | 17% |
| Blanzy 5,955 · 9.9 mi | 53 | 32% | 0.9% | 5% |
| Le Breuil 3,538 · 10 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 1.7% | 7.5% |
| Autun 13,172 · 10 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 3.4% | 13% |
| Sanvignes-les-Mines 4,235 · 10.6 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 1.1% | 2.9% |
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 Uchon
What is the population of Uchon?
105 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (102).
How old are Uchon’s residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Uchon?
44, with occasional dwellings: 47% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Uchon?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.7% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (4.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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