A higher share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns, at 42%
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Arceau has 2.4%. Empty homes are rarer here than in 89% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 980 residents in 370 households. Locally, 0.3% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Côte-d'Or 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 Arceau
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 9.3% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Arceau had 755 residents at the 2012 census and 980 in 2023, up 30%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many graduates
49% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 19% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +30% change since 2012: Arceau grew faster 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −2% in Côte-d'Or. Here the change came as +19% to 2017, then +9% to 2023.
Arceau ranks below 73% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Arceau 42.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 42.9, Arceau is younger than 59% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 20%
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 Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
Little separates the share of single-parent households here, 9.3%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.6 people on average. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Arceau ranks below 92% of compared French towns on flats: 7.2%
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 the last two years, 5.1% of households moved in; at the other end, 18% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have as many second homes: 3.1% here, more than in 63% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €32,430 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.
The median standard of living in Arceau is €32,430 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 92% of compared French towns.
Arceau: 24% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 93% 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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 8% in Arceau and 14% in the typical compared French town. On top of that, households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 91% of compared French towns. Against that, 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 make up 1.6% in Arceau, less 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 the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Arceau, 0.7%. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Côte-d'Or has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 18% of residents 15 and over are single in Arceau
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 53% in Arceau and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 98% of compared French towns: 8.8%
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
In Arceau, 49% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Arceau and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arceau | 42.9 | 19% | 3.1% | 1.6% |
| Arc-sur-Tille 2,584 · 2.9 mi | 46 | 21% | 0.9% | 2.8% |
| Quetigny 8,971 · 6 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 1.1% | 13% |
| Saint-Apollinaire 7,544 · 6.1 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.2% |
| Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur 11,108 · 6.6 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.2% | 7.2% |
| Fontaine-lès-Dijon 9,252 · 8.2 mi | 52.5 | 31% | 1.9% | 5.7% |
| Neuilly-Crimolois 3,588 · 8.2 mi | 37.2 | 18% | 0.4% | 7.7% |
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 Arceau
What is the population of Arceau?
980 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 30% more than in 2012 (755).
How old are Arceau’s residents?
The median age is 42.9, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arceau?
12, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arceau?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arceau?
€32,430 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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