Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.2% of households have no car
The figure for single-parent households is 4% in Byans-sur-Doubs and 10% in the typical compared French town. The town counted 613 residents and 260 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 3.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Half of the town’s residents are under 40.4, younger than in 77% 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 Byans-sur-Doubs
Empty homes
The census found 47 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Byans-sur-Doubs’s population changed by +15% since 2012, more than in 82% 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 change was +5% from 2012 to 2017 and +9% from 2017 to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.3%, a lower share than 76% 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
■ Byans-sur-Doubs 40.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 20%, Byans-sur-Doubs is behind two thirds of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
In Byans-sur-Doubs, 26% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 92% 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
Average household size: 2.4 people. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. On couples with children, Byans-sur-Doubs sits higher than 85% of compared French towns: 32%.
Byans-sur-Doubs ranks above 95% of compared French towns on empty homes: 15%
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: 3.6% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households in social housing: 5.8% here, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Locally, 17% of homes are flats.
Half above, half below €25,880 a year in standard of living
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 €25,880 a year: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 81% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
34% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Measured more widely, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 75% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Byans-sur-Doubs comes in at 2%. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Byans-sur-Doubs, 21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 84% 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
The figure for married residents is 46% in Byans-sur-Doubs and 43% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Byans-sur-Doubs, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 67% 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Byans-sur-Doubs comes in at 33%. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 613 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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Byans-sur-Doubs, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byans-sur-Doubs | 40.4 | 20% | 3.6% | 3.8% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 5 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 11.4 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 12.4 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 13 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 13.5 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Ornans 4,419 · 13.7 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
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 Byans-sur-Doubs
What is the population of Byans-sur-Doubs?
613 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (533).
How old are Byans-sur-Doubs’ residents?
The median age is 40.4, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Byans-sur-Doubs?
11, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Byans-sur-Doubs?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Byans-sur-Doubs?
€25,880 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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