A smaller share of households without a car than 89% of compared French towns: 4.9%
Households headed by a manual worker make up 22%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Dampierre-les-Bois has fewer households in social housing than 76% of compared French towns, at 7.1%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,615, in 740 households. Census figures put second homes at 1% here.
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.
Dampierre-les-Bois changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −2%, then −1% to 2023.
Younger than 53% of compared French towns: half of Dampierre-les-Bois is under 43.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dampierre-les-Bois 43.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Dampierre-les-Bois comes in at 10%. Here, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 33%, a lower share than 59% 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
Each household has 2.2 people on average. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 10%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
8.1% of homes stand empty, more than in 65% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.2%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 27%. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Standard of living at the median: €29,030 a year
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €29,030 a year: higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 59% of compared French towns, at 11%
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 retired person come to 32% in Dampierre-les-Bois, about three in ten. In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Dampierre-les-Bois ranks below 69% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 2.7%
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.
Here 4.9% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. That is lower than in 64% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
In Dampierre-les-Bois, 24% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 58% 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
For Dampierre-les-Bois, the census puts married residents at 43%. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Dampierre-les-Bois sits below 66% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (16%)
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
Here, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,615 to 2,582 people
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.
Dampierre-les-Bois and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dampierre-les-Bois | 43.6 | 23% | 1% | 4.9% |
| Beaucourt 4,966 · 1.3 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.3% | 8.9% |
| Étupes 3,689 · 2.4 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 0.9% | 13% |
| Grandvillars 2,947 · 3.5 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 0.8% | 7.4% |
| Audincourt 14,071 · 3.7 mi | 41 | 21% | 1.7% | 19% |
| Vieux-Charmont 2,786 · 3.8 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Sochaux 3,721 · 3.8 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.9% | 22% |
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 Dampierre-les-Bois
What is the population of Dampierre-les-Bois?
1,615 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,661).
How old are Dampierre-les-Bois’ residents?
The median age is 43.6, younger than 53% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dampierre-les-Bois?
8, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dampierre-les-Bois?
INSEE counts 80 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dampierre-les-Bois?
€29,030 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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