Couples with children: 45%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Étray has 14%. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are scarce here: 20%, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns. 293 residents in 110 households: that is Étray at the 2023 Census. The census found that 1.9% of households have no car 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.
What stands out about the people of Étray
A town of families
45% of households are couples with children and 5% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Étray’s residents are under 36.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Étray had 233 residents at the 2012 census and 293 in 2023, up 26%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +26% change since 2012: faster than 95% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Doubs town −1%. The first five years brought +12%; the six to 2023, +12%.
Half of Étray is under 36.1, younger than 94% 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
■ Étray 36.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 11%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 15%
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 Étray, 5% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.8 people on average.
1% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Étray, 18%. The census found that 7.7% of homes stand empty here. 2.6% of homes are second homes, more than in 57% of compared French towns. Set beside that, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €31,460 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.
Half of residents live in households above €31,460 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
Étray ranks below 77% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 10%
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
Étray has more households headed by a manager or professional than 53% of compared French towns, at 10%. Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 88% 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.
With foreign nationals at 1.7%, Étray is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 65% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
44% of residents 15 and over are married, a higher share than in 59% of compared French towns. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification make up 9.2% in Étray, less than in 97% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 38% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Étray. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 293 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.
At the ends of the range sit Étray (36.1), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Étray are older
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 Étray
What is the population of Étray?
293 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% more than in 2012 (233).
How old are Étray’s residents?
The median age is 36.1, younger than 94% of compared French towns. 32% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Étray?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Étray?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Étray?
€31,460 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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