Above 99% of compared French towns: 40% of households are couples with children
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker here. Bult counted 301 residents and 120 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 2.5% of households have no car. The median age locally is 40.1, lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Vosges 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 Bult
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 17% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bult changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 79% 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 those years, the median Vosges town changed −6% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved ±0%, then −2% to 2023.
Bult sits below 84% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (17%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bult 40.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 12% in Bult and 11% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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 Vosges median and the France median
Living alone · share
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Bult. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. On average, 2.6 people share a household.
Only 8.5% of homes are flats in Bult
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
Second homes make up 4.5%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. 5.4% of homes stand empty, or about one in 19. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,090 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 Bult’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,090 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 98% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
The census found that 8.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Bult. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1% in Bult, less than in 99% 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 Vosges has 5.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 77.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
45% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 65% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single here. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 13%, a lower share than 82% 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 28% in Bult and 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
The 3rd youngest of 41 French towns of 301 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Bult
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bult | 40.1 | 17% | 4.5% | 1% |
| Rambervillers 5,018 · 3.7 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.4% | 7.3% |
| Bruyères 2,923 · 7.9 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 4.3% | 5% |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 9.2 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 10.6 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
| Épinal 32,251 · 10.8 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 11.8 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
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 Bult
What is the population of Bult?
301 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (308).
How old are Bult’s residents?
The median age is 40.1, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bult?
6, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bult?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bult?
€27,090 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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