Écurcey is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.1
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Écurcey counted 270 residents and 120 households at the 2023 Census. For Écurcey, the census puts households without a car at 2.5%. With flats at 4.5%, Écurcey is behind 96% of compared French towns on that count.
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 Écurcey
An older town
Half of Écurcey’s residents are under 55.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Écurcey 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Doubs town −1%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns, at 6.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Écurcey 55.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Écurcey has 31%. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are one person living alone, below 98% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Écurcey has 28%. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.2 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 2.9% of its homes
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 the last two years, 3.3% of households moved in; at the other end, 39% have stayed 30 years or more. Higher than in 56% of compared French towns: 7.2% of homes stand empty. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €26,680 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 €26,680 a year: higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
42% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 89% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%. Locally, 16% 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).
Only 1.5% of residents are immigrants in Écurcey
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, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Écurcey comes in at 53%. Set beside that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Écurcey, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 84% 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, Écurcey has 24%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 6th oldest of 41 French towns of 270 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Écurcey 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Écurcey | 55.1 | 31% | 2.9% | 1.5% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 1.1 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 3.9 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
| Valentigney 10,501 · 5.3 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 1.7% | 17% |
| Hérimoncourt 3,508 · 5.4 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 0.2% | 6.3% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 5.5 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Seloncourt 5,854 · 5.7 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 0.3% | 6.2% |
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 Écurcey
What is the population of Écurcey?
270 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (278).
How old are Écurcey’s residents?
The median age is 55.1, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Écurcey?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Écurcey?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Écurcey?
€26,680 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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