Passavant sits below 92% of compared French towns for households without a car (4.4%)
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Passavant had 191 residents in 84 households at the 2023 census. Here, 7.2% of homes are flats. The figure for second homes is 8.3% in Passavant and 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
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 Passavant
Fewer residents than in 2012
Passavant had 236 residents at the 2012 census and 191 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 14 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Passavant changed by −19% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 99% 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
The first five years brought −8%; the six to 2023, −12%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Doubs town −1%.
A median age of 47.6: Passavant is older than 72% 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
■ Passavant 47.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.7%, below 86% of compared French towns. On residents aged 65 and over, Passavant sits higher than 53% of compared French towns: 23%.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 78 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 32% in Passavant, less than in 68% 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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 26%, more than in 56% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Here 11% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Passavant: 13% of homes stand empty, above 91% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Long tenure is the mark of 24% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 3.3% (under two years).
A median of €27,540 a year per consumption unit
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.
Half of Passavant’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,540 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
Passavant sits above 87% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (21%)
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
Roughly three in ten: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 79% of compared French towns: 3.4% 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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 1.9% in Passavant and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
55% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Here 24% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 20% in Passavant, more than in 56% 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
Roughly three in ten: 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 191 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Passavant
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passavant | 47.6 | 23% | 8.3% | 3.4% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 5.4 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Valdahon 5,705 · 9.2 mi | 35.2 | 18% | 1.6% | 5.6% |
| Saône 3,195 · 13.8 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 14.6 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Thise 2,994 · 15.1 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Ornans 4,419 · 16.8 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
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 Passavant
What is the population of Passavant?
191 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (236).
How old are Passavant’s residents?
The median age is 47.6, older than 72% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Passavant?
9, with occasional dwellings: 8.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Passavant?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Passavant?
€27,540 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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