A lower share of households in social housing than 98% of compared French towns, at 1.2%
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a retired person here. 4.1% of households have no car. Couples with children are more common here than in 85% of compared French towns. Ouhans is home to 398 residents in 170 households, by the 2023 Census.
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.
A +7% change since 2012: faster 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +1%, then +6% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 15%, a lower share than 89% 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
■ Ouhans 40. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Ouhans is 40, lower than in 79% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The census found that just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 locally.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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
The average household has 2.4 people. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. At 29%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
8.9% of homes stand empty, a share 72% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of homes are flats in Ouhans. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 10% moved in during the last two years and 22% have stayed three decades or more. 2.1% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 50% of compared French towns.
€27,850 a year is the median standard of living here
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 median standard of living in Ouhans is €27,850 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
38% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 87% of compared French towns: 2.5% of residents are immigrants
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 Ouhans comes in at 1.5%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 89% of compared French towns, at 49%
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 make up 21%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Adults with no qualification: 17%, below 60% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 3rd youngest of 41 French towns of 398 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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Ouhans sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Ouhans
What is the population of Ouhans?
398 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (373).
How old are Ouhans’ residents?
The median age is 40, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ouhans?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ouhans?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ouhans?
€27,850 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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