Empty homes: 2.5%, a lower share than 97% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a retired person trails 78% of compared French towns: 27%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 75 households in La Prétière at the 2023 Census, home to 159 residents. 4% of households have no car, or about one in 25.
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 La Prétière
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Prétière had 179 residents at the 2012 census and 159 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Prétière changed by −11% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 98% 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 −13%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Doubs town −1%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 72% of compared French towns, at 26%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Prétière 46. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 46, La Prétière is older than 63% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in eight here (13%).
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
La Prétière sits above 89% of compared French towns for single-parent households (13%)
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
Here a third of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 20% of households are couples with children.
In La Prétière, 14% of homes are flats, fewer than in 80% 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
28% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 11% moved in within the last two years. At 2.5%, the share of second homes is higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,120 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 La Prétière’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,120 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
In La Prétière, 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 83% 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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. On average, 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).
Immigrants make up 0% of La Prétière’s residents
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 lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 82% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Here nearly two in five residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Only 14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in La Prétière
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in La Prétière comes in at 23%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 19th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
La Prétière is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Prétière | 46 | 26% | 2.5% | 0% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 1 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 6.4 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 7.7 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 8.4 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 9.8 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
| Montbéliard 24,672 · 9.8 mi | 41.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 20% |
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 La Prétière
What is the population of La Prétière?
159 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (179).
How old are La Prétière’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Prétière?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Prétière?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Prétière?
€24,120 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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