A larger share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 50%
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 37% of households are headed by a manual worker in Rillans. Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.2% of the total. On flats, Rillans sits lower than 97% of compared French towns: 4.3%.
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 Rillans
A town of families
50% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Rillans has grown +9%, faster than 66% 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 change was +4% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Doubs town −1%.
Younger than 69% of compared French towns: half of Rillans is under 41.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rillans 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 21%, below three fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 94% of compared French towns: 25%
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, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Rillans has 13%. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.6 people.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.6% of households have no car
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up just over one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 37%. More empty homes than in just over three fifths of compared French towns: 7.7%. Second homes make up 1.9%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €27,080 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 Rillans is €27,080 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
25% of households are headed by a retired person, below 83% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (13%), Rillans is above 66% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.1% in Rillans, less than in 81% of compared French towns
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 Rillans comes in at 3.1%. As a yardstick, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 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, 58% of residents 15 and over are married in Rillans. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 76% 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
Nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 97 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Rillans is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rillans | 41.5 | 21% | 1.9% | 3.1% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 4.4 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 10.7 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Thise 2,994 · 16.4 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Échenoz-la-Méline 3,158 · 16.8 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2% | 5.8% |
| Vesoul 15,078 · 17.5 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 3.2% | 14% |
| Saône 3,195 · 17.7 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 Rillans
What is the population of Rillans?
97 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (89).
How old are Rillans’ residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rillans?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rillans?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rillans?
€27,080 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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