A larger share of couples with children than 97% of compared French towns: 37%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 5.8% of households have no car. At the 2023 Census, 354 people lived in Rurey, in 140 households. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; locally, 13%.
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 Rurey
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 10% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +8% change since 2012: Rurey grew faster than 64% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Doubs. Here the change came as +4% to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
In Rurey, 19% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 74% 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
■ Rurey 45. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Rurey’s residents are over 45, older than in 57% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 98% of compared French towns, at 22%
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 typical household size is 2.5 people. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households: 10% of the total.
Rurey sits below 84% of compared French towns for flats (12%)
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
By its share of empty homes (9.4%), Rurey is above 75% of compared French towns. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 4.1%, more than in 72% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,710 a year
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.
Living standards centre on €27,710 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
27% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 98% 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
With households headed by a retired person at 23%, Rurey is behind 89% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%. Here, 7.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.6% of residents are immigrants, below 85% 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.
In Rurey, 2% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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.
Married residents make up 39% in Rurey, less than in 73% of compared French towns
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
By its share of single residents (23%), Rurey is below 70% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 65% 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
In Rurey, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (354 to 2,582 people), the 20th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Rurey is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
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 Rurey
What is the population of Rurey?
354 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (327).
How old are Rurey’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rurey?
7, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rurey?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rurey?
€27,710 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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