Above 99% of compared French towns: 22% of residents are 15 to 24
7% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Census day 2023: 1,095 residents and 500 households in Mouchard. Across Mouchard, 6.4% of homes are second homes. Empty homes are more common here than in four fifths of compared French towns.
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 Mouchard
Fewer residents than in 2012
Mouchard had 1,169 residents at the 2012 census and 1,095 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −6% since 2012, behind 92% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Jura town −4%.
Mouchard is younger than 83% of compared French towns: a median age of 39.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mouchard 39.3. The median compared French town: 44.
21% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 80 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 88% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
There are 1.9 people in the average household. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. At 46%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 86% of compared French towns.
Above 61% of compared French towns: 38% of homes are flats
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
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in Mouchard. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%. Census figures put households without a car at 13% locally.
Median standard of living: €24,450 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 €24,450 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 39% in Mouchard, more than in 81% 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
16% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Against that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. In Mouchard, 7% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 84% of compared French towns: 1.6%
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: 4% here and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
39% of residents 15 and over are single, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
33% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Mouchard, 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 65% of compared French towns
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification in Mouchard. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 1,095 to 2,582 people, the 2nd 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.
No nearby town is as young as Mouchard
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mouchard | 39.3 | 21% | 6.4% | 4% |
| Arbois 3,114 · 4.9 mi | 55 | 35% | 6.1% | 5.1% |
| Poligny 3,976 · 10.4 mi | 46.4 | 28% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 14.5 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Dole 23,840 · 16.6 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 2% | 13% |
| Champagnole 8,036 · 16.6 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 Mouchard
What is the population of Mouchard?
1,095 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (1,169).
How old are Mouchard’s residents?
The median age is 39.3, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mouchard?
38, with occasional dwellings: 6.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mouchard?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mouchard?
€24,450 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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