Plaisia is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 60.8
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Plaisia’s 54 households held 96 residents at the 2023 Census. About one in 34: that is how common empty homes are in Plaisia (2.9%). Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 40% of households are headed by a retired person in the town.
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 Plaisia
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Plaisia, 20% of its 70 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 86% 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 Plaisia’s residents are under 60.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Plaisia had 119 residents at the 2012 census and 96 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Plaisia’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 32% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Plaisia: 20% of homes are second homes, above 93% 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
Car-free households: one in 18, where the median compared French town has 11%. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats come to 10% in Plaisia, about one in ten. Few places have so few households without a car: 5.6% here, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Plaisia has changed by −19%, slower than 99% 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 Jura town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −10% and the next six −10%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 3.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Plaisia 60.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Plaisia has 35%. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 94% of compared French towns: 50%
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
A fifth of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.8 people.
Half above, half below €28,950 a year in standard of living
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 median standard of living in Plaisia is €28,950 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
In Plaisia, 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 83% 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
10% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in ten. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.1% of residents are immigrants, below 91% of compared French towns
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: 3.1% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Plaisia, 56% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 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
The share of single residents is 18%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 61% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Across Plaisia, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 96 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Plaisia is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaisia | 60.8 | 35% | 20% | 2.1% |
| Lons-le-Saunier 16,618 · 10.5 mi | 47.2 | 28% | 5.4% | 12% |
| Montmorot 3,261 · 11.3 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Claude 8,386 · 14.5 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 5.1% | 20% |
| Arbent 3,555 · 17.3 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 1% | 24% |
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 Plaisia
What is the population of Plaisia?
96 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (119).
How old are Plaisia’s residents?
The median age is 60.8, older than 98% of compared French towns. 9.4% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Plaisia?
14, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Plaisia?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Plaisia?
€28,950 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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