Households without a car: 1.3%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Chaucenne comes in at 17%. Lower than in 94% of compared French towns: 3% of households rent social housing (HLM). At the 2023 Census, 529 people lived locally, in 220 households. One-person households make up about one in five here (19%).
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 Chaucenne
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −1% change since 2012: slower than 72% 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, −4% to 2017 and +4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Doubs.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 63% of compared French towns: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Chaucenne 44. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. The median age in Chaucenne is 44, lower than in 51% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Chaucenne: 35% of households are couples with children, above 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
There are 2.4 people in the average household. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 13%, more than in 85% of compared French towns. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of empty homes than 85% of compared French towns: 4.2%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. About one in six: that is how common flats are in Chaucenne (16%).
At the median, €28,280 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.
Half of residents live in households above €28,280 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 17%, a higher share than 83% 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 the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Chaucenne, 17%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 69% of compared French towns: 2.7% of residents are foreign nationals
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 higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%. Here, 7.1% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 20% 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
49% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 13%, a lower share than 83% 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
Graduates of higher education: 34% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
41 French towns of 529 to 2,582 people: this is the 16th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Chaucenne: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaucenne | 44 | 20% | 0% | 7.1% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 3 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 3.6 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 4.2 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 6.1 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 8.1 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Thise 2,994 · 8.2 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
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 Chaucenne
What is the population of Chaucenne?
529 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (532).
How old are Chaucenne’s residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chaucenne?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chaucenne?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chaucenne?
€28,280 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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