Above 97% of compared French towns: 51% of homes are second homes
The share of empty homes is 3.6%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 903 residents in 400 households. Households in social housing: 1.5% of the total. A third of households are couples with children, more than in 87% 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 Malbuisson
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 440 second homes and occasional dwellings in Malbuisson, 51% of its 870 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 15% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A young town
Half of Malbuisson’s residents are under 38.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Malbuisson had 757 residents at the 2012 census and 903 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Malbuisson sits below 97% of compared French towns for households without a car (3.4%)
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
Flats: 66% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 11% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Malbuisson grew +19% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 89% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Doubs town, the change came in two steps: +13% from 2012 to 2017, then +6% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns, at 11%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Malbuisson 38.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Malbuisson’s residents are under 38.2, younger than in 87% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 7.9%, a lower share than 81% 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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. 36% of households are one person living alone, more than in 54% of compared French towns. On average, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €40,860 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 €40,860 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 99% of compared French towns.
Malbuisson sits below 98% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (17%)
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Malbuisson comes in at 13%. What’s more, this Doubs town has more households headed by a manual worker than 69% of compared French towns, at 17%. Set beside that, nearly a third 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).
More immigrants than 68% of compared French towns: 9.6%
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.
6.5% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 42% of residents 15 and over are married in Malbuisson
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
Single residents: just over a quarter of the total. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 8.4% of adults out of school have no qualification in Malbuisson
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
In Malbuisson, 44% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (903 to 2,582 people), the 2nd youngest
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).
Every neighbor is older than Malbuisson
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malbuisson | 38.2 | 11% | 51% | 9.6% |
| Pontarlier 18,067 · 7.9 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 3.5% | 15% |
| Doubs 3,335 · 8.9 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 2.3% | 9.3% |
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 Malbuisson
What is the population of Malbuisson?
903 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (757).
How old are Malbuisson’s residents?
The median age is 38.2, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Malbuisson?
440, with occasional dwellings: 51% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Malbuisson?
INSEE counts 86 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.6% of residents, and 59 foreign nationals (6.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Malbuisson?
€40,860 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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