A median age of 37.7: Censeau is younger than 89% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 3.2%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 3.8% in Censeau. On second homes, Censeau sits higher than 86% of compared French towns: 8.4%. The town’s 150 households held 333 residents at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Jura 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 Censeau
A young town
Half of Censeau’s residents are under 37.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 20% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 22 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Censeau grew +8% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 65% 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 −2% from 2012 to 2017 and +11% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Jura town −4%.
Only 16% of residents are 65 or over in Censeau
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Censeau 37.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in Censeau. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 92% of compared French towns: 6.6%
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 Jura median and the France median
Living alone · share
23% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
Censeau sits above 87% of compared French towns for empty homes (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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 11%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 19%. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 8.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 69% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,570 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 €28,570 a year: higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 9.1% in Censeau, less than in 82% 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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are headed by a retired person in Censeau. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 92% of compared French towns: 2% 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.
The median compared commune in Jura has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 92% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 0.9% of the total. Set beside that, 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 lower share of married residents than 86% of compared French towns, at 36%
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
Single residents account for 26%. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Censeau ranks below 86% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 13%
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
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 333 to 2,582 people, the 2nd 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Censeau
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Censeau | 37.7 | 16% | 8.4% | 2% |
| Champagnole 8,036 · 8.9 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 1.5% | 7.9% |
| Pontarlier 18,067 · 15 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 3.5% | 15% |
| Arbois 3,114 · 15.2 mi | 55 | 35% | 6.1% | 5.1% |
| Doubs 3,335 · 15.4 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 2.3% | 9.3% |
| Poligny 3,976 · 17.1 mi | 46.4 | 28% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
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 Censeau
What is the population of Censeau?
333 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (307).
How old are Censeau’s residents?
The median age is 37.7, younger than 89% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Censeau?
16, with occasional dwellings: 8.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Censeau?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Censeau?
€28,570 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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