24% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 94% of compared French towns
29% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). The 2023 Census put Portieux’s population at 1,224, in 460 households. Locally, 6.1% of homes are second homes. At 9.2%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 74% 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 Portieux
Fewer residents than in 2012
Portieux had 1,295 residents at the 2012 census and 1,224 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −5% change since 2012: slower than 89% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vosges town −6%.
Half of Portieux is over 47.6, older than 73% 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
■ Portieux 47.6. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in nine: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Portieux (11%).
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Above 60% of compared French towns: 27% of households are couples with children
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
Each household has 2.2 people on average. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Lower than in just over three fifths of compared French towns: 9.4% of households are single parents. One-person households make up 37%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
More households in social housing than 76% of compared French towns: 19%
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
In Portieux, nearly one in ten households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Here, 27% of homes are flats. For comparison, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €23,700 a year in 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 Portieux’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,700 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
7.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 65% 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
30% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. On average, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 77% of compared French towns: 3.6%
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 figure for foreign nationals is 2.3% in Portieux and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 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.
Portieux ranks below 97% of compared French towns on married residents: 31%
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
37% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
More adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns: 37%
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
17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,224 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Portieux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portieux | 47.6 | 29% | 6.1% | 3.6% |
| Charmes 4,484 · 3.3 mi | 42.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.5% |
| Thaon-les-Vosges 8,547 · 7.1 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 10.5 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Golbey 8,832 · 11 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 0.9% | 5.9% |
| Chantraine 3,198 · 12.6 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.4% | 3.9% |
| Épinal 32,251 · 12.6 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.4% | 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 Portieux
What is the population of Portieux?
1,224 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,295).
How old are Portieux’s residents?
The median age is 47.6, older than 73% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Portieux?
34, with occasional dwellings: 6.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Portieux?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Portieux?
€23,700 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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