A median age of 48.9: Domblans is older than 79% of compared French towns
5.3% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). In 2023, the Census found 1,186 residents in Domblans, living in 560 households. Flats make up about one in seven here (15%). Few places have so few households without a car: 6% here, fewer than in 81% of compared French towns.
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.
Growth of +5% since 2012 puts Domblans ahead of 52% 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
Here the change came as +9% to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Domblans ranks above 67% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 25%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Domblans 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 22% in Domblans, less than in 67% of compared French towns
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
On average, 2.1 people share a household. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 63% of compared French towns: 33% of households are one person living alone. Add to that, the figure for single-parent households is 8.8% in Domblans and 10% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of households in social housing than 56% of compared French towns, at 11%
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
7.1% of households moved in less than two years ago; 22% have been in their home 30 years or more. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. There is little gap on empty homes: 6.4%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,280 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.
The median standard of living in Domblans is €27,280 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 67% of compared French towns: 12%
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
The census found that 32% of households are headed by a retired person in Domblans. There is little gap on households headed by a manager or professional: 8.9%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Domblans ranks below 98% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.3%
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.
Foreign nationals make up 0.8%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Domblans
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Domblans has 46%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 12%, a lower share than 90% 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
The share of graduates of higher education stands at 31%. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Among its 5 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Domblans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domblans | 48.9 | 25% | 5.3% | 1.3% |
| Lons-le-Saunier 16,618 · 6.7 mi | 47.2 | 28% | 5.4% | 12% |
| Montmorot 3,261 · 6.9 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| Poligny 3,976 · 7.2 mi | 46.4 | 28% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
| Arbois 3,114 · 12.7 mi | 55 | 35% | 6.1% | 5.1% |
| Champagnole 8,036 · 14.9 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 1.5% | 7.9% |
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 Domblans
What is the population of Domblans?
1,186 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (1,127).
How old are Domblans’ residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Domblans?
34, with occasional dwellings: 5.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Domblans?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Domblans?
€27,280 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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