More households headed by a manual worker than 86% of compared French towns: 21%
Half of Quingey’s residents are over 48.1, older than in 75% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 1,299 residents locally, living in 520 households. Locally, one in ten homes stand empty. The share of couples with children trails 64% of compared French towns: 22%.
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 Quingey
Fewer residents than in 2012
Quingey had 1,366 residents at the 2012 census and 1,299 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −5% change since 2012: slower than 88% 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
27% of residents are 65 or over, a share 76% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Quingey 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are common here: 11%, more than in 58% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Quingey: 41% of households are one person living alone, above 72% 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
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Quingey has more single-parent households than 81% of compared French towns, at 12%.
Below 66% of compared French towns: 8.9% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
One household in nine has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Here, 38% of homes are flats. More second homes than in 62% of compared French towns: 3%. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €24,680 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.
The median standard of living in Quingey is €24,680 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Quingey sits below 63% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (7.6%)
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 retired person: 32% of the total. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 79% of compared French towns: 3.3% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Quingey has 2.4%. The median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 37% of residents 15 and over are married
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Quingey. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
In Quingey, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 63% 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
Graduates of higher education: 32%, above 59% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 1,299 to 2,582 people, the 15th oldest
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.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Quingey
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quingey | 48.1 | 27% | 3% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 6.7 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 11.3 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Ornans 4,419 · 12.1 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 12.6 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 13.4 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Saône 3,195 · 13.5 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
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 Quingey
What is the population of Quingey?
1,299 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,366).
How old are Quingey’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Quingey?
18, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Quingey?
INSEE counts 43 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Quingey?
€24,680 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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