Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 94% of compared French towns: 3.8%
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 17% of homes are flats in Selongey. At the 2023 Census, 2,395 people lived in the town, in 1,050 households. Across Selongey, 7.7% of households rent social housing (HLM). More residents aged 65 and over than in just over two thirds of compared French towns: 25%.
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 Selongey
Empty homes
The census found 150 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −1% since 2012 leaves Selongey behind 75% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Côte-d'Or town −2%.
Selongey is older than 67% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Selongey 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Selongey has 9.7%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Selongey sits below 84% of compared French towns for single-parent households (7.6%)
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
One-person households: 33%, below 62% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.2 people. A quarter of households are couples with children, fewer than in 50% of compared French towns.
Empty homes make up 12% in Selongey, more than in 88% 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
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, one in ten households have no car here. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 10% moved in during the last two years and 27% have stayed three decades or more. Second homes are more common here than in 57% of compared French towns.
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.
At €26,660 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 57% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 11.0% of residents are below the line.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 73% of compared French towns, at 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
In Selongey, 36% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 83% of compared French towns, at 1.7%
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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 3.7% of residents are immigrants here. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%. The median compared commune in Côte-d'Or has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 75% 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.
Fewer single residents than 82% of compared French towns: 22%
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
45% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
In Selongey, 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 75% of compared French towns
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 69% of compared French towns: 23%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th oldest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Selongey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selongey | 46.6 | 25% | 2.6% | 3.7% |
| Is-sur-Tille 4,302 · 5.7 mi | 45.4 | 24% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
| Arc-sur-Tille 2,584 · 16.9 mi | 46 | 21% | 0.9% | 2.8% |
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 Selongey
What is the population of Selongey?
2,395 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (2,426).
How old are Selongey’s residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Selongey?
32, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Selongey?
INSEE counts 89 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 41 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Selongey?
€26,660 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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