More second homes than 90% of compared French towns: 13%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Cubrial’s 61 households held 146 residents at the 2023 Census. The census found that 38% of households are headed by a manual worker here. Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Cubrial has 14%.
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 Cubrial
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 10 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cubrial, 13% of its 76 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of flats than 93% of compared French towns: 6.4%
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
In Cubrial, 13% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in 19 here (5.4%).
Cubrial grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 58% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Doubs town, the change came in two steps: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then +7% to 2023.
Cubrial is younger than 73% of compared French towns: a median age of 41
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cubrial 41. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 26% in Cubrial and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 120 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
In Cubrial, 7.7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 83% 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 people in the average household. Higher than in 64% of compared French towns: 38% of households are one person living alone. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. With couples with children at 23%, Cubrial is behind 61% of compared French towns on that count.
The median resident lives on €23,290 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.
Half of Cubrial’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,290 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 79% of compared French towns, at 38%
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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 7.7% in Cubrial. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 98% of compared French towns: 1.3% of residents are immigrants
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.
0.7% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Cubrial ranks above 61% of compared French towns on single residents: 27%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 44% in Cubrial. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Cubrial ranks above 98% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 36%
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Cubrial has 19%.
Ranked by age, 4th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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 Cubrial
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cubrial | 41 | 26% | 13% | 1.3% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 9.2 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 10.5 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Lure 7,877 · 13.6 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 14.4 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 14.5 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 15.3 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
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 Cubrial
What is the population of Cubrial?
146 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (137).
How old are Cubrial’s residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cubrial?
10, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cubrial?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cubrial?
€23,290 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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