One-person households: 16%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
17% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. Census day 2023: 68 residents and 30 households in Cussey-sur-Lison. Flats come to 12% here, about one in ten. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 64% 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 Cussey-sur-Lison
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cussey-sur-Lison, 23% of its 51 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 90% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 9 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Many graduates
48% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 9.4% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 18% of homes stand empty here. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Cussey-sur-Lison has changed by −3%, slower than 81% 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
Over those years, the median Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +6%, then −8% to 2023.
Cussey-sur-Lison is younger than 79% of compared French towns: a median age of 39.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cussey-sur-Lison 39.9. The median compared French town: 44.
8.9% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%).
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
16% of households are single parents, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 2.3 people in the average household. Fewer couples with children than in 87% of compared French towns: 16%. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%.
The largest group of households: retired (32%)
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. Cussey-sur-Lison has fewer households headed by a retired person than 51% of compared French towns, at 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 80% of compared French towns, at 3.1%
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.
The share of foreign nationals trails 83% of compared French towns: 1.7%. By way of comparison, 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 16% 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
By its share of married residents (49%), Cussey-sur-Lison is above 89% of compared French towns. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 7.5% 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Cussey-sur-Lison comes in at 48%. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
Ranked by age, 2nd 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Cussey-sur-Lison
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Cussey-sur-Lison
What is the population of Cussey-sur-Lison?
68 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (70).
How old are Cussey-sur-Lison’s residents?
The median age is 39.9, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cussey-sur-Lison?
12, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cussey-sur-Lison?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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