Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 1.9%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 97% of compared French towns. Rouffange’s 54 households held 120 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 18% of households are headed by a retired person. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Rouffange has 1.8%.
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 Rouffange
Growing fast
Rouffange had 95 residents at the 2012 census and 120 in 2023, up 26%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +26% change since 2012: Rouffange grew faster than 95% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +9%; 2017 to 2023, +15%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Jura town −4%.
Rouffange is younger than 84% of compared French towns: a median age of 39
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rouffange 39. The median compared French town: 44.
17% of Rouffange’s residents are 65 or older, against 27% in the median Jura town and 22% in the median compared French town; 23% are under 18. On the census count, 13% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Rouffange sits below 88% of compared French towns for one-person households (27%)
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 2.2 people each. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Rouffange has fewer couples with children than 81% of compared French towns, at 18%. At 9.1%, single-parent households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Flats: 21%, a lower share than 65% 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
Turnover: just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 17% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Nothing unusual on second homes: 1.8%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
€27,820 a year: the median 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.
At €27,820 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 95% of compared French towns: 27%
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
Here nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. The usual figure: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional 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 1.7% in Rouffange, less than in 95% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 84% 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
With married residents at 41%, Rouffange is behind 61% of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Rouffange sits above 61% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (21%)
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
Graduates of higher education come to 29% in Rouffange, about three in ten. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 120 to 2,582
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).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Rouffange
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rouffange | 39 | 17% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 5.6 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 12.8 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 13.2 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 13.5 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Dole 23,840 · 14 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 2% | 13% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 14.4 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
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 Rouffange
What is the population of Rouffange?
120 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% more than in 2012 (95).
How old are Rouffange’s residents?
The median age is 39, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rouffange?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rouffange?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rouffange?
€27,820 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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