11% of residents are 65 or over, below 98% of compared French towns
With households without a car at 3.6%, Le Moutherot is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. On the census count, 3.4% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 132 residents in 56 households.
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 Le Moutherot
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 9.1% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Le Moutherot’s population moved +1% on 2012, less than in 67% 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
The change was −3% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Doubs town −1%.
Le Moutherot is younger than 62% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Moutherot 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
On the census count, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Le Moutherot ranks above 95% of compared French towns on couples with children: 36%
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
Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Le Moutherot has 27%. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Here, 9.1% of households are single parents.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.8% of homes stand empty
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
Of all households, 5.4% moved in during the last two years and 16% have stayed three decades or more. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 57% of compared French towns: 1.8% of homes are second homes.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €29,300 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €29,300 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 18% in Le Moutherot, less than in 97% 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. As a yardstick, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Le Moutherot has 18%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.8% in Le Moutherot, less than in 75% 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.
Foreign nationals: 2.3%, below 75% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 97% 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
The share of married residents is 49%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
30% of adults hold a diploma above the bac
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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 19% in Le Moutherot. On graduates of higher education, Le Moutherot sits higher than 51% of compared French towns: 30%.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 132 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Le Moutherot
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Moutherot | 42.5 | 11% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 5.6 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 11.3 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 11.7 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 12.1 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 13.2 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Gray 5,365 · 15.2 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 2.4% | 11% |
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 Le Moutherot
What is the population of Le Moutherot?
132 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (131).
How old are Le Moutherot’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Moutherot?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Moutherot?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Moutherot?
€29,300 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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