Les Auxons sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (2.2%)
The share of one-person households trails 96% of compared French towns: 24%. In Les Auxons, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manager or professional. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 15%, fewer than in 78% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 2,533 residents and 1,050 households locally.
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 Les Auxons
Many graduates
50% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 17% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of +1% since 2012 leaves Les Auxons behind 66% 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
Les Auxons is older than 64% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Les Auxons 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. 22% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in five.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 32% in Les Auxons, more than in 82% 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
8.9% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
Households in social housing: 2.4%, a lower share than 96% 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
7.1% of households arrived within the last two years, while 26% have stayed 30 years or more. Across the comparison, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. At 0.7%, the share of second homes is lower than in 92% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 5.1%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €30,460 a year to live on
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €30,460 a year: higher than in 87% of compared French towns. 4.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
9% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 82% 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 retired person: 28% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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).
0.8% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 97% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 76% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 27: that is how common immigrants are in Les Auxons (3.7%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 86% 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
With married residents at 48%, Les Auxons is ahead of 85% of compared French towns on that count. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 96% of compared French towns, at 9.9%
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
With graduates of higher education at 50%, Les Auxons is ahead of 93% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,507 to 2,582 people, the 19th oldest
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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Older than Les Auxons: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Auxons | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 1.2 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 2.3 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 4.7 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Thise 2,994 · 5.6 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Saône 3,195 · 9.2 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 10.5 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
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 Les Auxons
What is the population of Les Auxons?
2,533 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,508).
How old are Les Auxons’ residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Auxons?
7, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Auxons?
INSEE counts 94 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Auxons?
€30,460 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 4.0% 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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