Younger than 88% of compared French towns: half of Charquemont is under 37.9
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 5.2% of households have no car here. Charquemont had 2,900 residents in 1,340 households at the 2023 census. Put another way, about one in three: just over a third of households are headed by a manual worker. At 7.3%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in three quarters 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 Charquemont
A young town
Half of Charquemont’s residents are under 37.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 20% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 82% of compared French towns: Charquemont changed by +15% since 2012
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Doubs town, the change came in two steps: +6% from 2012 to 2017, then +9% to 2023.
Only 16% of residents are 65 or over in Charquemont
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Charquemont 37.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 62% of compared French towns: 10%. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
37% of households are one person living alone, more than in 59% 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: 2.2 people. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 26% of households are couples with children, more than in 57% of compared French towns. Charquemont sits close to the norm on single-parent households: 9.6%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Charquemont sits above 66% of compared French towns for flats (42%)
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 13%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 19%. At 3.4%, the share of second homes is higher than in 66% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Charquemont has 8.3%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €37,140 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €37,140 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 97% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 5.0% of residents.
Charquemont ranks below 90% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 23%
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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 7.7%, Charquemont is behind 62% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 58% of compared French towns, at 7.7%
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.
For Charquemont, the census puts foreign nationals at 5%. The wider picture: 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.
Married residents make up 39% in Charquemont, less than in 74% 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 census found that 26% of residents 15 and over are single in Charquemont. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
In Charquemont, 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 63% 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
Locally, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,877 to 2,923 people), the 3rd 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.
The youngest is Avord (32.5), the oldest Batz-sur-Mer (60.3).
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Charquemont
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charquemont | 37.9 | 16% | 3.4% | 7.7% |
| Maîche 4,254 · 2.7 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 2.7% | 9.2% |
| Le Russey 2,599 · 5.6 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 2.5% | 8.4% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 12.3 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Villers-le-Lac 5,292 · 12.4 mi | 37.3 | 15% | 6.2% | 16% |
| Les Fins 3,048 · 13.4 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 2.6% | 9.6% |
| Morteau 6,953 · 14.9 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 Charquemont
What is the population of Charquemont?
2,900 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (2,515).
How old are Charquemont’s residents?
The median age is 37.9, younger than 88% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Charquemont?
52, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Charquemont?
INSEE counts 220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.7% of residents, and 150 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Charquemont?
€37,140 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% 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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