3.9% of homes are flats, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Molphey had 132 residents in 57 households at the 2023 census. Across Molphey, 5.4% of households have no car. With households headed by a retired person at 45%, Molphey is ahead of 93% of compared French towns on that count.
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 Molphey
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 10 second homes and occasional dwellings in Molphey, 13% of its 78 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Molphey had 148 residents at the 2012 census and 132 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 11 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 90% of compared French towns: 13%
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 32%. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 14%, more than in 94% of compared French towns. Car-free households: one in 19, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Molphey’s population moved −11% on 2012, less than in 98% 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 Côte-d'Or town changed −2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −12% and the next six +2%.
A median age of 48.8: Molphey is older 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
■ Molphey 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 10% of residents are 15 to 24 in Molphey. Here, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
27% of households are one person living alone, below 88% 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
25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Molphey. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Households average 2.3 people.
Molphey sits above 75% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (18%)
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 86% of compared French towns: 1.5%
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 share of immigrants trails 67% of compared French towns: 4.6%. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Single residents: 34%, a higher share than 91% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 36% of residents 15 and over are married here. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in five here (20%). As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (132 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).
Molphey is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molphey | 48.8 | 23% | 13% | 4.6% |
| Semur-en-Auxois 3,986 · 12 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 9.3% | 5.6% |
| Avallon 6,305 · 17.2 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 5.6% | 12% |
| Venarey-les-Laumes 2,747 · 17.9 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 3.1% | 5.4% |
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 Molphey
What is the population of Molphey?
132 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (148).
How old are Molphey’s residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Molphey?
10, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Molphey?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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