A larger share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 40%
2.5% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Fewer households without a car than in 98% of compared French towns: 3.3%. Spoy’s 150 households held 386 residents at the 2023 Census. In Spoy, 15% of residents are 65 or over.
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 Spoy
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Spoy had 299 residents at the 2012 census and 386 in 2023, up 29%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +29% change since 2012: Spoy 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
The first five years brought +31%; the six to 2023, −2%.
Younger than 75% of compared French towns: half of Spoy is under 40.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Spoy 40.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 10% of residents are 15 to 24 in Spoy.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 17% of households are one person living alone
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
13% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.6 people in the average household.
In Spoy, 4.9% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 76% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 4.6% of households arrived within the last two years, while 22% have stayed 30 years or more. Little separates the share of second homes here, 2.5%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €30,320 a year to live on
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 Spoy’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,320 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 86% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 72% of compared French towns: 37%
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 the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Spoy, 13%. To put it in context, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Spoy, 1.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 96% 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.
Here 0.8% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Spoy sits below 91% of compared French towns for 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 make up 47%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 95% of compared French towns: 10%
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 42%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 386 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th youngest
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.
Every neighbor is older than Spoy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spoy | 40.7 | 15% | 2.5% | 1.6% |
| Is-sur-Tille 4,302 · 6.3 mi | 45.4 | 24% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
| Arc-sur-Tille 2,584 · 7 mi | 46 | 21% | 0.9% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Apollinaire 7,544 · 9.1 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.2% |
| Quetigny 8,971 · 9.5 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 1.1% | 13% |
| Fontaine-lès-Dijon 9,252 · 10.2 mi | 52.5 | 31% | 1.9% | 5.7% |
| Chevigny-Saint-Sauveur 11,108 · 10.4 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 Spoy
What is the population of Spoy?
386 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 29% more than in 2012 (299).
How old are Spoy’s residents?
The median age is 40.7, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Spoy?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Spoy?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Spoy?
€30,320 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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