Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.2%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The figure for households in social housing is 0.4% in L'Étoile and 12% in the typical compared French town. Across L'Étoile, 7.6% of households are headed by a manual worker. Few places have so few one-person households: 29% here, fewer than in four fifths of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 567, in 260 households.
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.
Since 2012, L'Étoile has changed by ±0%, slower than 69% 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 −1% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Jura town −4%.
L'Étoile is older than 84% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ L'Étoile 50.4. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (26%), L'Étoile is above 73% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
3.9% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in L'Étoile, 30%. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.2 people.
In L'Étoile, 2.7% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% 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 91% of compared French towns: 7.6%. Households without a car make up 11% in the typical compared French town. Just over a third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.9% moved in within the last two years.
Median standard of living: €30,190 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 midpoint of living standards here is €30,190 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
In L'Étoile, 43% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 89% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops just over three fifths of compared French towns: 11%. Elsewhere, nearly a third 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).
Only 1.6% of residents are immigrants in L'Étoile
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 96% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Jura has 7.6%. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 0.2% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 55% in L'Étoile. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 98% of compared French towns: 8.7%
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, L'Étoile has 41%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 567 to 2,582 people, the 13th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Older than L'Étoile: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Étoile | 50.4 | 26% | 2.8% | 1.6% |
| Montmorot 3,261 · 2.5 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| Lons-le-Saunier 16,618 · 3 mi | 47.2 | 28% | 5.4% | 12% |
| Poligny 3,976 · 11.7 mi | 46.4 | 28% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud 6,446 · 15.6 mi | 55.4 | 37% | 2.9% | 6.1% |
| Arbois 3,114 · 17.3 mi | 55 | 35% | 6.1% | 5.1% |
| Champagnole 8,036 · 17.7 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 L'Étoile
What is the population of L'Étoile?
567 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (566).
How old are L'Étoile’s residents?
The median age is 50.4, older than 84% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in L'Étoile?
8, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in L'Étoile?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in L'Étoile?
€30,190 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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