Pelousey sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (2.4%)
Residents aged 65 and over: 14% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. 3.5% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 92% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Pelousey’s population at 1,617, in 620 households. Across Pelousey, 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
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 Pelousey
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Pelousey grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Doubs town, the change came in two steps: +5% from 2012 to 2017, then +6% to 2023.
A median age of 40.1: Pelousey is younger than 78% 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
■ Pelousey 40.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In Pelousey, 13% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 94% of compared French towns, at 36%
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
In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Pelousey, 23%. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Here, 12% of households are single parents.
Only 14% of homes are flats in Pelousey
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
The share of households in social housing is 6.7%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. For flats, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%. Locally, 0.5% of homes are second homes.
Half above, half below €28,840 a year in standard of living
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 €28,840 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 26% 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
Households headed by a manual worker: 10% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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).
Only 2% of residents are foreign nationals in Pelousey
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 72% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. For Pelousey, the census puts immigrants at 4.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Pelousey ranks above 66% of compared French towns on married residents: 45%
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
Just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 94% of compared French towns, at 10%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 46% in Pelousey. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,617 to 2,582 people), the 3rd 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Pelousey
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelousey | 40.1 | 14% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 2.5 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 2.7 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 3.1 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 4.9 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Thise 2,994 · 7.2 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 8.1 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
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 Pelousey
What is the population of Pelousey?
1,617 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (1,453).
How old are Pelousey’s residents?
The median age is 40.1, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pelousey?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pelousey?
INSEE counts 67 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pelousey?
€28,840 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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