Fewer flats than 92% of compared French towns: 7.1%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Padoux’s 210 households held 488 residents at the 2023 Census. 26% of households are one person living alone. The share of households headed by a retired person is 25%, against 32% in the typical compared French town.
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 Padoux
Fewer residents than in 2012
Padoux had 521 residents at the 2012 census and 488 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Padoux’s population moved −6% on 2012, less than in 92% 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
Here the change came as −1% to 2017, then −5% to 2023.
A median age of 40.2: Padoux is younger than 78% 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
■ Padoux 40.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 8.6% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in 69% of compared French towns: 19%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
30% of households are couples with children, a share 75% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The share of single-parent households is 7.4%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
In Padoux, 7.2% of households have no car, fewer than in 72% 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
Turnover: 6% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 34% have lived in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car. 7.6% of homes stand empty, a higher share than in 60% of compared French towns. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 1.8%.
€25,490 a year: the median standard of living
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 residents live in households above €25,490 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 24% in Padoux, more than in 95% 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
Across Padoux, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%
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. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.4% of residents are foreign nationals here.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Padoux sits below 98% of compared French towns for single residents (18%)
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Padoux comes in at 49%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Padoux
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 27% of adults out of school have no qualification here. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Ranked by age, 3rd youngest of 41 French towns this size
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).
No nearby town is as young as Padoux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Padoux | 40.2 | 19% | 1.8% | 0.4% |
| Rambervillers 5,018 · 5.4 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.4% | 7.3% |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 7.3 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
| Bruyères 2,923 · 8.6 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 4.3% | 5% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 8.7 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
| Épinal 32,251 · 9 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 9.9 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 Padoux
What is the population of Padoux?
488 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (521).
How old are Padoux’s residents?
The median age is 40.2, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Padoux?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Padoux?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Padoux?
€25,490 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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