Aibre ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 2.9%
The figure for households in social housing is 5.4% in Aibre and 12% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Aibre was home to 434 people in 190 households. Households headed by a manager or professional: 5.2% of the total. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Doubs 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 Aibre
Fewer residents than in 2012
Aibre had 466 residents at the 2012 census and 434 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−7% since 2012: slower than 93% 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 Doubs town −1%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +2%; 2017 to 2023, −8%.
A median age of 48: Aibre is older than 75% 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
■ Aibre 48. The median compared French town: 44.
In Aibre, 25% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Here, 9.1% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 82% 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 Doubs median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.3 people. 28% of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 66% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
11% of homes are flats, below 85% 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
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Aibre comes in at 0.5%. To put it in context, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Here, 6% of homes stand empty.
Median standard of living: €26,530 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 Aibre’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,530 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
19% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 78% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 37% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 5.4% of residents are immigrants in Aibre
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 median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 59% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 4.3% 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.
Single residents: 19%, a lower share than 97% 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 46% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 17% in Aibre, less than in 61% 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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 29% in Aibre. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (434 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).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Aibre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aibre | 48 | 25% | 0.5% | 5.4% |
| Héricourt 10,621 · 3.3 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 1% | 8.8% |
| Bethoncourt 5,308 · 4.9 mi | 41.1 | 23% | 0.8% | 24% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 5 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Montbéliard 24,672 · 5.4 mi | 41.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 20% |
| Grand-Charmont 5,873 · 5.9 mi | 39.2 | 21% | 0.5% | 18% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 6.3 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
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 Aibre
What is the population of Aibre?
434 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (466).
How old are Aibre’s residents?
The median age is 48, older than 75% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Aibre?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Aibre?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.4% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Aibre?
€26,530 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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