Couples with children: 38%, a higher share than 97% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Athée comes in at 2.7%. The town had 815 residents in 290 households at the 2023 census. On the census count, 4.3% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Athée
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 15% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +4% change since 2012: slower than 51% 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 ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Côte-d'Or town −2%.
Half of Athée is over 47.9, older than 74% 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
■ Athée 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 27% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 52% of compared French towns: 11%.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
20% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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
In Athée, 15% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.5 people in the average household.
9.8% of homes stand empty, more than in 78% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for nearly one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 16%. 1.3% of homes are second homes, a lower share than in 69% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €26,660 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 Athée’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,660 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
28% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 72% 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
12% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%. Here, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 85% of compared French towns: 2.7%
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.
Foreign nationals: 1.6%, below 84% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Athée ranks below 93% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
Married residents account for 42%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 74% of compared French towns: 15%
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
29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (815 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Athée is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athée | 47.9 | 27% | 1.3% | 2.7% |
| Auxonne 7,581 · 2.9 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 1.7% | 6% |
| Genlis 5,093 · 6.8 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.1% | 3.7% |
| Damparis 2,587 · 11 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 0.8% | 3.7% |
| Dole 23,840 · 11.2 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 2% | 13% |
| Arc-sur-Tille 2,584 · 11.6 mi | 46 | 21% | 0.9% | 2.8% |
| Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur 11,108 · 12.2 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.2% | 7.2% |
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 Athée
What is the population of Athée?
815 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (780).
How old are Athée’s residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Athée?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Athée?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Athée?
€26,660 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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