Photo: Wikipedro · CC BY-SA 4.0Le Russey is younger than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 37.6
By its share of households without a car (5%), Le Russey is below 88% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 2,599 people lived here, in 1,160 households. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 38% in the town. 31% of households are couples with children, more than in 79% 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.
What stands out about the people of Le Russey
A young town
Half of Le Russey’s residents are under 37.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Le Russey outgrew 84% of compared French towns: +16%
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Doubs.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 89% of compared French towns: 15%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Russey 37.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Le Russey. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
9.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 54% 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
The typical household size is 2.3 people. About one in three: that is how common one-person households are in Le Russey (35%). In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%.
4.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 87% 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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Le Russey has 7.7%. By way of comparison, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Across Le Russey, just over a third of homes are flats. Few places have as many second homes: 2.5% here, more than in 56% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €37,160 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 €37,160 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 97% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 5.0% of residents.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 88% of compared French towns: 24%
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, 5.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Elsewhere, 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).
Foreign nationals make up 6.9% in Le Russey, more than in 69% 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 62% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. In Le Russey, 8.4% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
38% of residents 15 and over are married, below 79% 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
At 25%, the share of single residents is lower than in half of compared French towns. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Le Russey, 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 68% 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
Few places have so few adults with no qualification: 18% here, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 3rd youngest 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.
At the ends of the range sit Bourguébus (34.6), the youngest, and Bessèges (59.4), the oldest.
Le Russey sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Russey | 37.6 | 15% | 2.5% | 8.4% |
| Charquemont 2,900 · 5.6 mi | 37.9 | 16% | 3.4% | 7.7% |
| Maîche 4,254 · 7 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 2.7% | 9.2% |
| Villers-le-Lac 5,292 · 7.2 mi | 37.3 | 15% | 6.2% | 16% |
| Les Fins 3,048 · 7.8 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 2.6% | 9.6% |
| Morteau 6,953 · 9.4 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 3.6% | 15% |
| Pont-de-Roide-Vermondans 3,912 · 15.7 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
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 Russey
What is the population of Le Russey?
2,599 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (2,233).
How old are Le Russey’s residents?
The median age is 37.6, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Russey?
33, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Russey?
INSEE counts 220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.4% of residents, and 180 foreign nationals (6.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Russey?
€37,160 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% 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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