Corcelles-Ferrières: 44% of households are couples with children, above 99% of compared French towns
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 90% of compared French towns: 15%. 4.4% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 96% of compared French towns. Corcelles-Ferrières’s 86 households held 214 residents at the 2023 Census. Here, 2.4% of households have no car.
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 Corcelles-Ferrières
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Corcelles-Ferrières’s population changed by +14% since 2012, more than in 79% 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 +6% from 2012 to 2017 and +7% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Doubs town −1%.
Younger than 62% of compared French towns: half of Corcelles-Ferrières is under 42.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Corcelles-Ferrières 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 12%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 31% in Corcelles-Ferrières, less than in 70% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.5 people.
6.7% of homes stand empty, more than in 50% 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
27% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.9% moved in within the last two years. Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A median of €28,250 a year per consumption unit
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 €28,250 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
25% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%. Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Corcelles-Ferrières comes in at 25%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Corcelles-Ferrières sits below 97% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.4%)
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.
0.9% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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.
Single residents: 22%, a lower share than 79% 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
Compared with other places, married residents are common here: 43%, more than in 53% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 16% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Nearly a third of Corcelles-Ferrières’ residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 16% have no diploma (19%).
Among 41 French towns of 214 to 2,582 people, 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.
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Corcelles-Ferrières 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corcelles-Ferrières | 42.5 | 15% | 0% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 3 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 8.5 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 8.7 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 8.8 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 9.6 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Thise 2,994 · 12.9 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 Corcelles-Ferrières
What is the population of Corcelles-Ferrières?
214 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (188).
How old are Corcelles-Ferrières’ residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Corcelles-Ferrières?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Corcelles-Ferrières?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Corcelles-Ferrières?
€28,250 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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