Hauteluce sits above 99% of compared French towns for second homes (90%)
The figure for households without a car is 5.5% in Hauteluce and 11% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 734 residents here, living in 360 households. Across Hauteluce, 3% of households are headed by a manual worker. The median age locally is 49.2, higher than in four fifths 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 Hauteluce
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 3,700 second homes and occasional dwellings in Hauteluce, 90% of its 4,090 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 12% 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
Hauteluce had 808 residents at the 2012 census and 734 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Hauteluce, 0.8% 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
12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 6.1% in Hauteluce. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. Across Hauteluce, just over four in five homes are flats.
Since 2012, Hauteluce has changed by −9%, slower than 96% 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 Savoie town +9%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −6%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Below 56% of compared French towns: 21% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hauteluce 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Hauteluce ranks below 79% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 8.1%
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
A quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Hauteluce. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. The census found that 37% of households are one person living alone here.
€28,590 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €28,590 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
In Hauteluce, 6.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 75% 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
31% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three. Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.2%, a lower share than 98% 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.
Here 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. 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.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 40% of residents 15 and over are married
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
With single residents at 27%, Hauteluce is ahead of 65% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 71% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Hauteluce comes in at 21%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (734 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Hauteluce
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hauteluce | 49.2 | 21% | 90% | 1.2% |
| Megève 2,893 · 7.3 mi | 54.3 | 32% | 83% | 5.3% |
| Ugine 7,154 · 7.9 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 7.3% | 10% |
| Albertville 19,978 · 11.2 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 4.2% | 17% |
| Saint-Gervais-les-Bains 5,755 · 11.2 mi | 46 | 22% | 68% | 9.8% |
| Mercury 3,495 · 12.5 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 3.8% | 3.8% |
| Gilly-sur-Isère 3,149 · 12.8 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 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 Hauteluce
What is the population of Hauteluce?
734 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (808).
How old are Hauteluce’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hauteluce?
3,700, with occasional dwellings: 90% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hauteluce?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hauteluce?
€28,590 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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