Couples with children make up 37% in Scey-Maisières, more than in 96% of compared French towns
The figure for households without a car is 2.9% in Scey-Maisières and 11% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 8.4%, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Scey-Maisières was home to 286 people in 130 households. Households headed by a retired person account for 39%.
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 Scey-Maisières
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 28 second homes and occasional dwellings in Scey-Maisières, 17% of its 170 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Scey-Maisières had 308 residents at the 2012 census and 286 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
17% of homes in Scey-Maisières are second homes
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here, nearly one in ten homes stand empty. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 93% of compared French towns: Scey-Maisières changed by −7% since 2012
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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −6%, then −2% to 2023. Over those years, the median Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of compared French towns: 7.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Scey-Maisières 48.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Scey-Maisières has 24%. What’s more, the median age locally is 48.2, higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 76 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Only 26% of households are one person living alone in Scey-Maisières
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
Average household size: 2.3 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
A median of €27,220 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.
Half of Scey-Maisières’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,220 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 80% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Scey-Maisières has 18%. Set beside that, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 72% of compared French towns: 4.2%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Scey-Maisières has 2.8%. 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 Scey-Maisières, 49% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 87% 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
The figure for single residents is 22% in Scey-Maisières and 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 62% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Scey-Maisières. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 286 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
Around Scey-Maisières, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
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 Scey-Maisières
What is the population of Scey-Maisières?
286 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (308).
How old are Scey-Maisières’ residents?
The median age is 48.2, older than 75% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Scey-Maisières?
28, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Scey-Maisières?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Scey-Maisières?
€27,220 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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