Only 4.7% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Marchaux-Chaudefontaine
One in ten households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. The 2023 Census counted 1,447 residents in 620 households. In Marchaux-Chaudefontaine, 27% of households are one person living alone. Lower than in 78% of compared French towns: 6.3% of households have no car.
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.
Since 2012, Marchaux-Chaudefontaine has changed by +3%, slower than 58% 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
Over those years, the median Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
20% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 62% 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
■ Marchaux-Chaudefontaine 43.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In Marchaux-Chaudefontaine, one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Add to that, the median age locally is 43.6, lower than in 53% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 27%, a higher share than 60% 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. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, 10% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of flats than 77% of compared French towns: 15%
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
12% of households moved in less than two years ago; 27% have been in their home 30 years or more. Few places have so few second homes: 1% here, fewer than in 79% of compared French towns. Car-free households: one in 16, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Standard of living at the median: €27,450 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 €27,450 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
11% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 60% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 31% in Marchaux-Chaudefontaine. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.9% of residents are foreign nationals, below 96% 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 nearly four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%. The census found that 3.4% of residents are immigrants in Marchaux-Chaudefontaine.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Marchaux-Chaudefontaine, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 89% 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
In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 49% and 8.5%, and 6.6% are widowed. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 15%, a lower share than 76% 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
The share of graduates of higher education stands at 29%. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,447 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Marchaux-Chaudefontaine, 3 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marchaux-Chaudefontaine | 43.6 | 20% | 1% | 3.4% |
| Thise 2,994 · 4.3 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Saône 3,195 · 7.3 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 7.9 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 8 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 8.2 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 8.5 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
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 Marchaux-Chaudefontaine
What is the population of Marchaux-Chaudefontaine?
1,447 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,406).
How old are Marchaux-Chaudefontaine’s residents?
The median age is 43.6, younger than 53% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marchaux-Chaudefontaine?
7, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marchaux-Chaudefontaine?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marchaux-Chaudefontaine?
€27,450 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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