Second homes make up 43% in Doucier, more than in 97% of compared French towns
Here 3.6% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. Doucier’s 140 households held 285 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 3.4% of households rent social housing (HLM). Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 95% 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.
What stands out about the people of Doucier
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Doucier, 43% of its 280 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 82% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Doucier’s residents are under 51.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Doucier had 300 residents at the 2012 census and 285 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
5.5% of households have no car, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns
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
The share of flats trails 71% of compared French towns: 18%. On average, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. About one in 20: that is how common empty homes are in Doucier (5%).
−5% since 2012: slower than 88% 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 median Jura town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six −4%.
A median age of 51.1: Doucier is older than 87% 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
■ Doucier 51.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.3%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Roughly three in ten: 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 39% in Doucier, more 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
Average household size: 2 people. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Doucier has fewer couples with children than just over half of compared French towns, at 25%.
Standard of living at the median: €24,890 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,890 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
Doucier: 54% of households are headed by a retired person, above 99% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Set beside that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Doucier, 3.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 81% 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.
Foreign nationals: 2.1%, below 78% of compared French towns. The median compared commune in Jura has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths 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.
Doucier ranks below 86% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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 married residents (38%), Doucier is below four fifths of compared French towns. The usual figure: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 73% of compared French towns: 15%
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 Doucier. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (285 to 2,582 people), the 11th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Doucier
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doucier | 51.1 | 29% | 43% | 3.1% |
| Champagnole 8,036 · 8.9 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 1.5% | 7.9% |
| Lons-le-Saunier 16,618 · 10.3 mi | 47.2 | 28% | 5.4% | 12% |
| Montmorot 3,261 · 11.8 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| Poligny 3,976 · 13.1 mi | 46.4 | 28% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
| Hauts de Bienne 5,032 · 14.8 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 6.8% | 20% |
| Arbois 3,114 · 17.3 mi | 55 | 35% | 6.1% | 5.1% |
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 Doucier
What is the population of Doucier?
285 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (300).
How old are Doucier’s residents?
The median age is 51.1, older than 87% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Doucier?
120, with occasional dwellings: 43% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Doucier?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Doucier?
€24,890 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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