A median age of 34.5: Fraroz is younger than 97% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, a fifth of households are headed by a manager or professional. Fraroz counted 58 residents and 26 households at the 2023 Census. The share of households without a car trails 95% of compared French towns: 3.8%.
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 Fraroz
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Fraroz, 28% of its 38 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 67% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A young town
Half of Fraroz’s residents are under 34.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 19% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Fraroz had 46 residents at the 2012 census and 58 in 2023, up 26%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 28% of its 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
Of all households, 31% moved in during the last two years and 12% have stayed three decades or more. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Fewer empty homes than in 95% of compared French towns: 3.1%. On top of that, the share of flats is 25%, against 30% in the typical compared French town.
Growth of +26% since 2012 puts Fraroz ahead of 95% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +7%; 2017 to 2023, +18%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Jura town −4%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 12% in Fraroz, less than in 97% 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
■ Fraroz 34.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 14%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Fraroz ranks below 74% of compared French towns on couples with children: 20%
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
With one-person households at 40%, Fraroz is ahead of 69% of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.2 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
In Fraroz, 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 83% 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
Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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 94% of compared French towns: 1.8% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Fraroz has 1.8%. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 70% 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
Single residents account for 26%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
40% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 78% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Adults with no qualification account for 19%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 58 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.
The youngest is Fraroz (34.5), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Fraroz
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraroz | 34.5 | 12% | 28% | 1.8% |
| Champagnole 8,036 · 8.8 mi | 50.7 | 31% | 1.5% | 7.9% |
| Hauts de Bienne 5,032 · 15.3 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 6.8% | 20% |
| Pontarlier 18,067 · 17.3 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 3.5% | 15% |
| Les Rousses 3,740 · 17.3 mi | 38.8 | 14% | 48% | 7.6% |
| Doubs 3,335 · 17.9 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 2.3% | 9.3% |
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 Fraroz
What is the population of Fraroz?
58 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% more than in 2012 (46).
How old are Fraroz’s residents?
The median age is 34.5, younger than 97% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fraroz?
11, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fraroz?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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