Half of Graye-et-Charnay is over 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Graye-et-Charnay’s 66 households held 134 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Graye-et-Charnay, 64% of households are headed by a retired person. Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Graye-et-Charnay has 6%.
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 Graye-et-Charnay
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Graye-et-Charnay, 21% of its 95 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 95% 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 Graye-et-Charnay’s residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 21% of homes 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
The figure for flats is 4.2% in Graye-et-Charnay and 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 9.5%.
Graye-et-Charnay changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 67% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Jura town −4%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 92% of compared French towns: 33%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Graye-et-Charnay 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 68% of compared French towns: 21% of households are couples with children
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2 people in the average household. The share of one-person households is 36%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €26,140 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.
At €26,140 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 90% of compared French towns: 7.1%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 82% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Graye-et-Charnay, 2.2%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Graye-et-Charnay ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 14%
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
With married residents at 53%, Graye-et-Charnay is ahead of 98% of compared French towns on that count. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 10% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Graduates of higher education: 27%, below three fifths of compared French towns. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (134 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Graye-et-Charnay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graye-et-Charnay | 54.5 | 33% | 21% | 2.9% |
| Montmorot 3,261 · 14.4 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| Lons-le-Saunier 16,618 · 14.5 mi | 47.2 | 28% | 5.4% | 12% |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud 6,446 · 14.9 mi | 55.4 | 37% | 2.9% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Étienne-du-Bois 2,584 · 15.5 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Arbent 3,555 · 17.2 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 1% | 24% |
| Oyonnax 22,480 · 17.8 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.1% | 33% |
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 Graye-et-Charnay
What is the population of Graye-et-Charnay?
134 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (133).
How old are Graye-et-Charnay’s residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Graye-et-Charnay?
20, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Graye-et-Charnay?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Graye-et-Charnay?
€26,140 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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