Mathenay: 45% of households are couples with children, above 99% of compared French towns
Households without a car make up 1.9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. Mathenay is home to 148 residents in 53 households, by the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 63: 1.6% of homes stand empty.
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 Mathenay
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 7 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mathenay, 12% of its 62 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
45% of households are couples with children and 18% single parents with children; 26% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Mathenay’s residents are under 37.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Mathenay ranks above 89% of compared French towns on second homes: 12%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 5.8% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 15% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Mathenay’s population changed by +6% since 2012, more than in 54% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +2%, then +3% to 2023. Over those years, the median Jura town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%.
In Mathenay, 13% of residents are 65 or over, fewer 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
■ Mathenay 37.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Mathenay is 37.8, lower than in 89% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Locally, 12% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Mathenay sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (18%)
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
Households here average 2.8 people each. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 18% of households are single parents here.
A median standard of living of €23,750 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 €23,750 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 18%, a lower share than 97% 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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%. Across Mathenay, 27% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 78% of compared French towns, at 3.5%
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% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The median compared commune in Jura has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Mathenay ranks above 82% of compared French towns on married residents: 48%
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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 54% of compared French towns: 18%
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
In Mathenay, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 148 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Mathenay is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Mathenay
What is the population of Mathenay?
148 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (140).
How old are Mathenay’s residents?
The median age is 37.8, younger than 89% of compared French towns. 33% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mathenay?
7, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mathenay?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mathenay?
€23,750 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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