Fewer flats than 94% of compared French towns: 5.6%
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 200 people lived in Cendrey, in 91 households. Across Cendrey, 42% of households are headed by a retired person. 5.5% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
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.
A +9% change since 2012: Cendrey grew faster than 65% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Doubs.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 88% of compared French towns: 8.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cendrey 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 28% of residents are 65 or over here. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The median age in Cendrey is 41.7, lower than in just over two thirds of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Cendrey ranks below 68% of compared French towns on one-person households: 32%
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
Households average 2.2 people. Couples with children are more common here than in 56% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
11% of homes stand empty, more than in 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
Second homes make up 3.7%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Meanwhile, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 12% moved in during the last two years and 32% have stayed three decades or more.
€24,410 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
At €24,410 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
5.3% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 96% 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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 16% in Cendrey and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 97% of compared French towns: 1.5%
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.
1% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Cendrey comes in at 45%. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 77% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Adults with no qualification: 22%, above nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th youngest of 41 French towns of 200 to 2,582 people
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).
No nearby town is as young as Cendrey
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cendrey | 41.7 | 28% | 3.7% | 1.5% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 6.3 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Thise 2,994 · 11.7 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Saône 3,195 · 14 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 14.7 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 15 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 15.1 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
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 Cendrey
What is the population of Cendrey?
200 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (184).
How old are Cendrey’s residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cendrey?
4, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cendrey?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cendrey?
€24,410 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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