Above 97% of compared French towns: 38% of households are couples with children
3.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). At the 2023 Census Osse was home to 372 people in 150 households. The share of households without a car stands at 0.7%. On flats, Osse sits lower than 93% of compared French towns: 6.4%.
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 Osse
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Osse grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 73% 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%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −4%, then +15% to 2023.
In Osse, 6.2% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Osse 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Osse has 20%. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 42.3, Osse is younger than 63% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Only 14% of households are one person living alone in Osse
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. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. There are 2.5 people in the average household.
Empty homes: 3.8%, a lower share than 89% 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
Turnover: 4.8% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 35% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 2.5%.
A typical living standard of €27,590 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 €27,590 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 67% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 34% in Osse, more than in 61% 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
Lower than in 51% of compared French towns: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. 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 smaller share of foreign nationals than 97% of compared French towns: 0.8%
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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 2.7% of residents are immigrants here. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 54% of residents 15 and over are married in Osse. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 71% of compared French towns, at 15%
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 figure for graduates of higher education is 25% in Osse and 30% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (372 to 2,582 people), the 10th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Osse is younger than 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osse | 42.3 | 20% | 2.5% | 2.7% |
| Saône 3,195 · 5.7 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
| Thise 2,994 · 6.7 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 8.7 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 9.6 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Valdahon 5,705 · 10.1 mi | 35.2 | 18% | 1.6% | 5.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 10.7 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
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 Osse
What is the population of Osse?
372 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (335).
How old are Osse’s residents?
The median age is 42.3, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Osse?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Osse?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Osse?
€27,590 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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