2.2% of homes stand empty, below 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. About one in 33: that is how common single-parent households are in Dambenois (3%). The 2023 Census counted 733 residents in 320 households. Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Dambenois has 3.9%.
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 Dambenois
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dambenois had 775 residents at the 2012 census and 733 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 89% of compared French towns grew faster than Dambenois: −5%
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, −3% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Doubs.
Only 8.4% of residents are 15 to 24 in Dambenois
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dambenois 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 47.5, Dambenois is older than 72% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Dambenois (20%).
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 90% of compared French towns: 26%
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
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Dambenois has 30%. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
Flats: 6%, a lower share than 94% 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
4.6% of households arrived within the last two years, while 28% have stayed 30 years or more. Lower than in 83% of compared French towns: 0.9% of homes are second homes.
€31,890 a year: the median standard of living
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 median standard of living in Dambenois is €31,890 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 19%, a higher share than 85% 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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 37% of households are headed by a retired person in Dambenois. The usual figure: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Across Dambenois, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Dambenois, 1.8% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 82% of compared French towns
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 median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 67% of compared French towns. The census found that 4.6% of residents are immigrants in Dambenois. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
15% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Dambenois, 55%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
12% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 88% 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Dambenois has 36%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 733 to 2,582 people, the 15th oldest
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).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Dambenois 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dambenois | 47.5 | 20% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Châtenois-les-Forges 2,608 · 1.3 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.6% | 3.9% |
| Vieux-Charmont 2,786 · 1.9 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Grand-Charmont 5,873 · 2.4 mi | 39.2 | 21% | 0.5% | 18% |
| Sochaux 3,721 · 2.5 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.9% | 22% |
| Étupes 3,689 · 2.6 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 0.9% | 13% |
| Bethoncourt 5,308 · 3.3 mi | 41.1 | 23% | 0.8% | 24% |
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 Dambenois
What is the population of Dambenois?
733 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (775).
How old are Dambenois’ residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dambenois?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dambenois?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dambenois?
€31,890 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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