3.4% of homes are flats, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 20% in Semarey. The town had 133 residents in 53 households at the 2023 census. The share of households without a car is 4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
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.
A growing town: +12% since 2012, faster than 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +3%, then +9% to 2023. Over those years, the median Côte-d'Or town changed −2% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 45.3: Semarey is older than 58% 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
■ Semarey 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Little separates the share of residents aged 15 to 24 here, 11%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. Across Semarey, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
30% of households are couples with children, more than in 75% 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
Households here average 2.5 people each. On one-person households, Semarey sits lower than 77% of compared French towns: 30%. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There is little gap on single-parent households: 10%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Semarey sits above 79% of compared French towns for empty homes (9.9%)
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
Second homes make up 4.9%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €29,860 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 €29,860 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
30% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 64% 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
10% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in ten. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.2% of residents are immigrants in Semarey
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Côte-d'Or has 7.3%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 42: 2.4% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Semarey, 21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 87% 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
Here nearly half of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
15% of adults out of school have no 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 graduates of higher education is 34%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
21st highest median age among 41 French towns of 133 to 2,582
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).
Semarey and its 5 nearest towns: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semarey | 45.3 | 23% | 4.9% | 3.2% |
| Gevrey-Chambertin 2,917 · 16.8 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 2.1% | 4.4% |
| Marsannay-la-Côte 5,433 · 17.1 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.1% | 7.7% |
| Nuits-Saint-Georges 5,235 · 17.3 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Chenôve 14,244 · 17.6 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.2% | 24% |
| Talant 11,896 · 17.8 mi | 45.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 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 Semarey
What is the population of Semarey?
133 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (119).
How old are Semarey’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 58% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Semarey?
3, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Semarey?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Semarey?
€29,860 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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