Étupes ranks above 87% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 21%
In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Étupes has 20%. There were 1,640 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 3,689 residents. Couples with children come to 28% locally, about three in ten. At 0.9%, the share of second homes is lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
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.
Étupes changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 57% 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
Here the change came as +4% to 2017, then −1% to 2023.
Younger than 55% of compared French towns: half of Étupes is under 43.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Étupes 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in ten here (10%). At 21%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 80% of compared French towns: 12%
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 average 2.2 people. Against that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Étupes has fewer one-person households than 51% of compared French towns, at 35%.
Étupes ranks above 62% of compared French towns on flats: 38%
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 households without a car is 8.9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few empty homes: 6.6% here, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns. Typically, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €26,440 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €26,440 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 55% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 13.0% of residents.
Étupes ranks below 74% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 28%
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 make up 11%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
13% of residents are immigrants, more than in 80% 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 higher than in four fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. 9% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of single residents than 57% of compared French towns, at 26%
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
At 43%, the share of married residents is lower than in half of compared French towns. As a yardstick, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 21% in Étupes, more than in 58% 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
For Étupes, the census puts graduates of higher education at 31%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 13th youngest of 41 French towns of 3,658 to 3,718 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 Pont-de-l'Isère (38.6), the oldest Lectoure (55.4).
Around Étupes, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Étupes | 43.4 | 21% | 0.9% | 13% |
| Sochaux 3,721 · 1.6 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.9% | 22% |
| Exincourt 3,277 · 1.6 mi | 46.7 | 27% | 0.8% | 10% |
| Vieux-Charmont 2,786 · 1.8 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Audincourt 14,071 · 2 mi | 41 | 21% | 1.7% | 19% |
| Grand-Charmont 5,873 · 2.5 mi | 39.2 | 21% | 0.5% | 18% |
| Beaucourt 4,966 · 3 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.3% | 8.9% |
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 Étupes
What is the population of Étupes?
3,689 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (3,581).
How old are Étupes’ residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Étupes?
15, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Étupes?
INSEE counts 460 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 330 foreign nationals (9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Étupes?
€26,440 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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