A median age of 33.9: Sainte-Colombe is younger than 98% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 2.1%, below 99% of compared French towns. Nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 97% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 488 residents and 190 households in Sainte-Colombe. In Sainte-Colombe, 4.5% of homes stand empty.
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 Sainte-Colombe
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 5.3% single parents with children; 26% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Sainte-Colombe’s residents are under 33.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Sainte-Colombe had 361 residents at the 2012 census and 488 in 2023, up 35%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Sainte-Colombe’s population changed by +35% since 2012, more than in 98% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +13%, and from 2017 to 2023 +19%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Doubs town −1%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 96% of compared French towns: 13%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sainte-Colombe 33.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Sainte-Colombe comes in at 8.1%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 40% of households are couples with children
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
Here 5.3% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. Each household has 2.6 people on average.
A larger share of flats than 62% of compared French towns: 38%
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
Nearly a fifth of households have been in place 30 years or more; 11% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On second homes, 1.5% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €36,450 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €36,450 a year: higher than in 96% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 77% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Sainte-Colombe has 8%. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%. In Sainte-Colombe, 29% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Sainte-Colombe ranks below 77% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.6%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals here. By way of 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.
In Sainte-Colombe, 16% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
Half of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 9.9% of adults out of school have no qualification in Sainte-Colombe
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 the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Sainte-Colombe has 33%. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 488 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 33.9 in Sainte-Colombe to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Sainte-Colombe
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Colombe | 33.9 | 13% | 1.5% | 3.6% |
| Pontarlier 18,067 · 4.6 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 3.5% | 15% |
| Doubs 3,335 · 5.1 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 2.3% | 9.3% |
| Ornans 4,419 · 16.7 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 Sainte-Colombe
What is the population of Sainte-Colombe?
488 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 35% more than in 2012 (361).
How old are Sainte-Colombe’s residents?
The median age is 33.9, younger than 98% of compared French towns. 30% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Colombe?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Colombe?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sainte-Colombe?
€36,450 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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