Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs sits below 97% of compared French towns for households without a car (3.6%)
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs had 450 residents in 220 households at the 2023 Census. Here, 43% of households are headed by a retired person. The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 86% of compared French towns: 30%.
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 Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs had 483 residents at the 2012 census and 450 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−7% since 2012: slower than 93% 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: −5% from 2012 to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
Half of Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs is over 50.6, older than 85% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs 50.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 8.4% of residents are 15 to 24 here.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 58% of compared French towns: 24% of households are couples with children
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
Households here average 2.1 people each. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, fewer than in 65% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on one-person households: 35%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs sits below 73% of compared French towns for flats (17%)
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
The share of second homes trails 86% of compared French towns: 0.8%. Empty homes make up about one in 15 here (6.6%). For flats, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
€26,510 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,510 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 88% of compared French towns: 4.7%
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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 16% in Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs and 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs ranks below 91% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2%
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.
Foreign nationals: 1.6% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the 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.
46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 75% 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
23% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 80% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 24%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 450 to 2,582 people: this is the 13th 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).
Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs | 50.6 | 30% | 0.8% | 2% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 0.6 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 1.7 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Montbéliard 24,672 · 3.9 mi | 41.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 20% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 4.4 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
| Valentigney 10,501 · 4.6 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 1.7% | 17% |
| Exincourt 3,277 · 4.9 mi | 46.7 | 27% | 0.8% | 10% |
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-sur-le-Doubs
What is the population of Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs?
450 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (483).
How old are Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs’ residents?
The median age is 50.6, older than 85% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dampierre-sur-le-Doubs?
€26,510 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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