Above 99% of compared French towns: 66% of homes are second homes
Here 6.9% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. There were 370 households in Flumet at the 2023 Census, home to 799 residents. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 4.1% locally. At 67%, the share of flats is higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the 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 Flumet
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 740 second homes and occasional dwellings in Flumet, 66% of its 1,130 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 22% 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.
1.7% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 99% 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
Just over one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 24% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have so few households in social housing: 7.4% here, fewer than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. With households without a car at 8.5%, Flumet is behind 63% of compared French towns on that count.
Slower than most: −3% since 2012, behind 80% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Savoie town +9%. The change was −1% from 2012 to 2017 and −1% from 2017 to 2023.
Half of Flumet is over 46.8, older than 68% 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
■ Flumet 46.8. The median compared French town: 44.
A quarter of Flumet’s residents are 65 or older, against 22% in the median Savoie town and 22% in the median compared French town; 19% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
19% of households are couples with children, below 78% 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 Savoie median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. More single-parent households than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 12%. Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Flumet comes in at 39%.
A median standard of living of €27,400 a year
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 Flumet’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,400 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
Flumet: 16% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 64% 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
About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Flumet (32%). The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 66% of compared French towns, at 4.8%
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.
3.6% of residents are foreign nationals. The wider picture: 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.
A smaller share of married residents than 73% of compared French towns: 39%
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 Flumet, 23%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
23% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 70% 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
Graduates of higher education: 29% of the total. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 799 to 2,582 people, the 18th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Flumet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flumet | 46.8 | 25% | 66% | 4.8% |
| Megève 2,893 · 5 mi | 54.3 | 32% | 83% | 5.3% |
| Ugine 7,154 · 6.9 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 7.3% | 10% |
| Sallanches 17,319 · 9.8 mi | 44 | 22% | 12% | 9.1% |
| Saint-Gervais-les-Bains 5,755 · 10.1 mi | 46 | 22% | 68% | 9.8% |
| Thônes 6,654 · 10.5 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 15% | 5.2% |
| Passy 10,856 · 11.3 mi | 45.2 | 21% | 12% | 8.5% |
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 Flumet
What is the population of Flumet?
799 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (821).
How old are Flumet’s residents?
The median age is 46.8, older than 68% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Flumet?
740, with occasional dwellings: 66% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Flumet?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Flumet?
€27,400 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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