A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.4%
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 37% of households are headed by a retired person in Housseras. The share of flats stands at 4.9%. On second homes, Housseras sits higher than nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 5.7%. The town had 485 residents in 210 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Housseras
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 2.3% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−4% since 2012: slower than 83% 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 Vosges town −6%. The change was −3% from 2012 to 2017 and −1% from 2017 to 2023.
Half of Housseras is over 48.2, older than 75% 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
■ Housseras 48.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, a higher share than in 53% of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over account for 22%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 92% of compared French towns, at 35%
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
Single-parent households make up 2.3%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. At 31%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 74% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
7.7% of homes stand empty, more than in 61% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Newcomers of less than two years account for 7% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 31%. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%.
Standard of living at the median: €26,050 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,050 a year: higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 2.3%, a lower share than 99% 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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (21%), Housseras is above 86% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 9.4% of 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).
1.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 95% 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.
In Housseras, 0.8% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns. 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 single residents than 81% of compared French towns: 22%
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 figure for married residents is 47% in Housseras and 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 26% in Housseras, more than in 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
A quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 485 to 2,582
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).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Housseras
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housseras | 48.2 | 22% | 5.7% | 1.6% |
| Rambervillers 5,018 · 4.3 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.4% | 7.3% |
| Bruyères 2,923 · 7.1 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 4.3% | 5% |
| Raon-l'Étape 5,886 · 8.8 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Baccarat 4,089 · 9.7 mi | 49.7 | 30% | 3.8% | 4.1% |
| Moyenmoutier 3,134 · 10 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 4.5% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 10.8 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
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 Housseras
What is the population of Housseras?
485 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (503).
How old are Housseras’ residents?
The median age is 48.2, older than 75% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Housseras?
14, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Housseras?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Housseras?
€26,050 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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