26% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 18% in Audincourt. Census day 2023: 14,071 residents and 6,250 households locally. Across Audincourt, 57% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are more common here than in 88% 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 Audincourt
Immigrants
INSEE counts 2,700 immigrants in Audincourt (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 19% of residents, against 8.5% for the median compared commune in Doubs. 14% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Audincourt had 14,787 residents at the 2012 census and 14,071 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 910 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.
Audincourt changed by −5% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 87% 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
In two steps, −9% to 2017 and +5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Doubs.
Younger than 73% of compared French towns: half of Audincourt is under 41
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Audincourt 41. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, above 80% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in five: 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 13%, a higher share than 83% 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
With one-person households at 40%, Audincourt is ahead of 69% of compared French towns on that count. Few places have so few couples with children: 24% here, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns. Against that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.2 people on average.
Audincourt sits above 90% of compared French towns for empty homes (12%)
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
Little separates the share of second homes here, 1.7%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
At the median, €20,850 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €20,850 a year: lower than in 94% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 27.0% of the population.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 4.8%, a lower share than 87% 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
In Audincourt, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Audincourt ranks above 92% of compared French towns on immigrants: 19%
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 higher than in 92% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Census figures put foreign nationals at 14% in Audincourt.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Audincourt sits above 71% of compared French towns for single residents (28%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Audincourt has 42%. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Audincourt sits above 96% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (33%)
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 figure for graduates of higher education is 19% in Audincourt and 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (13,721 to 14,464 people), the 19th 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.
Ages run from 30.2 in Fleury-Mérogis to 55.6 in Douarnenez.
Audincourt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audincourt | 41 | 21% | 1.7% | 19% |
| Valentigney 10,501 · 1.2 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 1.7% | 17% |
| Exincourt 3,277 · 1.3 mi | 46.7 | 27% | 0.8% | 10% |
| Seloncourt 5,854 · 1.6 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 0.3% | 6.2% |
| Étupes 3,689 · 2 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 0.9% | 13% |
| Sochaux 3,721 · 2.5 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.9% | 22% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 2.6 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
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 Audincourt
What is the population of Audincourt?
14,071 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (14,787).
How old are Audincourt’s residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Audincourt?
120, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Audincourt?
INSEE counts 2,690 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 19% of residents, and 2,000 foreign nationals (14%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Audincourt?
€20,850 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 27.0% 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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