Bonnétage sits below 98% of compared French towns for households without a car (3.1%)
Households headed by a manual worker: 21%, above 88% of compared French towns. The share of flats stands at 18%. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in four fifths of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 987 residents in 380 households.
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 Bonnétage
Growing fast
Bonnétage had 822 residents at the 2012 census and 987 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +20% since 2012, faster than 90% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +12%; 2017 to 2023, +8%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Doubs town −1%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.4% in Bonnétage, less than in 74% 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
■ Bonnétage 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.7, Bonnétage is younger than 60% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. Residents aged 65 and over: just over a fifth of the total.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
30% of households are couples with children, more than in 74% 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
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Bonnétage, 8.2%. On average, 2.4 people share a household. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A town of second homes: 3.6% of its homes
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
Of all households, 6.4% moved in during the last two years and 24% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up 6.3%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €36,600 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.
Living standards centre on €36,600 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 96% of compared French towns.
Only 4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Bonnétage
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Bonnétage comes in at 30%. Set beside that, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.1% of residents are immigrants in Bonnétage
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 81% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%. 2.6% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 38. Set beside that, 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.
Bonnétage sits below 80% of compared French towns for single residents (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
The share of married residents stands at 44%. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 62% of compared French towns: 27%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Bonnétage, 17%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 987 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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 younger than Bonnétage
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnétage | 42.7 | 22% | 3.6% | 3.1% |
| Le Russey 2,599 · 1.9 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 2.5% | 8.4% |
| Charquemont 2,900 · 4.9 mi | 37.9 | 16% | 3.4% | 7.7% |
| Maîche 4,254 · 5.7 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 2.7% | 9.2% |
| Villers-le-Lac 5,292 · 8.9 mi | 37.3 | 15% | 6.2% | 16% |
| Les Fins 3,048 · 9.2 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 2.6% | 9.6% |
| Morteau 6,953 · 10.7 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 3.6% | 15% |
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 Bonnétage
What is the population of Bonnétage?
987 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (822).
How old are Bonnétage’s residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bonnétage?
15, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bonnétage?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bonnétage?
€36,600 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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