In Morteau, 32% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% of compared French towns
The median age in Morteau is 39.1, lower than in 84% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 6,953 residents in 3,480 households. Flats account for 74%. One-person households: 47%, above 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 Morteau
Immigrants
INSEE counts 1,100 immigrants in Morteau (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 15% of residents, against 8.5% for the median compared commune in Doubs. 11% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Morteau behind 59% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Doubs. Here the change came as +2% to 2017, then ±0% to 2023.
Above 86% of compared French towns: 13% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Morteau 39.1. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (19%), Morteau is below 70% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Morteau sits below 72% of compared French towns for couples with children (21%)
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
Here 8.8% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households in social housing than 73% of compared French towns: 7.6%
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
In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Morteau, 3.6%. Census figures put empty homes at 7.7% in the town. Compared with other places, households without a car are common here: 12%, more than in 56% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €36,690 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.
Living standards centre on €36,690 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 9.0% of residents.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 24% of households are headed by a retired person
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, 7.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. On average, 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).
A larger share of immigrants than 86% of compared French towns: 15%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Morteau comes in at 11%. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
In Morteau, 33% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 88% 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
By its share of married residents (36%), Morteau is below 87% of compared French towns. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 23% in Morteau, more 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
Compared with other places, graduates of higher education are scarce here: 30%, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th youngest of 41 French towns of 6,873 to 7,031 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.
Bailly-Romainvilliers is the youngest (34.9); Nérac the oldest (54.2).
Morteau is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morteau | 39.1 | 19% | 3.6% | 15% |
| Les Fins 3,048 · 1.6 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 2.6% | 9.6% |
| Villers-le-Lac 5,292 · 3.5 mi | 37.3 | 15% | 6.2% | 16% |
| Le Russey 2,599 · 9.4 mi | 37.6 | 15% | 2.5% | 8.4% |
| Valdahon 5,705 · 13.9 mi | 35.2 | 18% | 1.6% | 5.6% |
| Charquemont 2,900 · 14.9 mi | 37.9 | 16% | 3.4% | 7.7% |
| Doubs 3,335 · 15 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 Morteau
What is the population of Morteau?
6,953 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (6,779).
How old are Morteau’s residents?
The median age is 39.1, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Morteau?
140, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Morteau?
INSEE counts 1,060 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 750 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Morteau?
€36,690 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.