A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 30%
The share of second homes tops 88% of compared French towns: 9.8%. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 87% of compared French towns: 8.5%. Morbier had 2,456 residents in 1,110 households at the 2023 Census. 5% of households have no car.
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 Morbier
Empty homes
The census found 200 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Morbier has grown +7%, faster than 60% 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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Jura town −4%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, +7%.
Morbier is younger than 72% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Morbier 41.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In Morbier, a fifth of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% 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%.
Couples with children make up 29% in Morbier, more than in 71% 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
The share of single-parent households is 11%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. By contrast, at 33%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 61% of compared French towns. On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.2 people on average.
Empty homes: 14%, a higher share than 94% 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
Just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 25% have been in their home 30 years or more. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 8%, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns. Flats: 38%, above 62% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €35,960 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 Morbier’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €35,960 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 5.0% of residents.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 27% of households are headed by a retired person
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
In Morbier, 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 6.8% of Morbier’s residents
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 about one in 15 here (6.8%). That is higher than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Jura has 7.6%. At 4.2%, the share of foreign nationals is in line with the figure 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.
Morbier ranks above 79% of compared French towns on married residents: 47%
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
Here just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 73% of compared French towns: 15% 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
On graduates of higher education, Morbier sits higher than just over half of compared French towns: 30%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,456 to 2,582 people), the 4th youngest
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.
Morbier is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morbier | 41.1 | 20% | 9.8% | 6.8% |
| Hauts de Bienne 5,032 · 1.7 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 6.8% | 20% |
| Les Rousses 3,740 · 4.8 mi | 38.8 | 14% | 48% | 7.6% |
| Saint-Claude 8,386 · 12.9 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 5.1% | 20% |
| Divonne-les-Bains 10,464 · 14.2 mi | 41 | 17% | 21% | 23% |
| Gex 13,627 · 14.8 mi | 35 | 10% | 6.2% | 23% |
| Champagnole 8,036 · 14.8 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 Morbier
What is the population of Morbier?
2,456 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (2,290).
How old are Morbier’s residents?
The median age is 41.1, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Morbier?
140, with occasional dwellings: 9.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Morbier?
INSEE counts 170 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 100 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Morbier?
€35,960 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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