43% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Malpas comes in at 4.2%. 4.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 23. Flats are more common here than in 58% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Malpas was home to 300 people in 130 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 Malpas
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 17 second homes and occasional dwellings in Malpas, 11% of its 150 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 69% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Malpas’ residents are under 36.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Malpas had 248 residents at the 2012 census and 300 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Malpas ranks above 89% of compared French towns on second homes: 11%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.5% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 17%. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 6.9%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
+21% since 2012, a pace 91% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
In two steps, +13% to 2017 and +7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Doubs.
A median age of 36.1: Malpas is younger than 94% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Malpas 36.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.8%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Here, just over one in ten residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 73% of compared French towns, at 31%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €38,720 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.
At €38,720 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 98% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 89% of compared French towns: 22%
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
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 26% in Malpas. 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).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 93% of compared French towns: 1.1%
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 four fifths of compared French towns. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 3.2% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Malpas, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 80% 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
Across Malpas, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 98% of compared French towns, at 8.4%
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
The share of graduates of higher education tops 78% of compared French towns: 40%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 300 to 2,582 people
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 Malpas (36.1), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Malpas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malpas | 36.1 | 12% | 11% | 3.2% |
| Pontarlier 18,067 · 6.3 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 3.5% | 15% |
| Doubs 3,335 · 7.2 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 Malpas
What is the population of Malpas?
300 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (248).
How old are Malpas’ residents?
The median age is 36.1, younger than 94% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Malpas?
17, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Malpas?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Malpas?
€38,720 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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