Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Joudes is over 52.7
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 28% of households are headed by a manual worker here. At the same time, 3.9% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 89% of compared French towns. Joudes had 352 residents in 180 households at the 2023 census. The census found that 9% of homes are flats in the town.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire 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 Joudes
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in Joudes, 16% of its 230 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Joudes had 401 residents at the 2012 census and 352 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Joudes’ residents are under 52.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Joudes sits above 92% of compared French towns for second homes (16%)
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
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Joudes comes in at 5.7%. 6.9% of households have no car, or about one in 14. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Slower than most: −12% since 2012, behind 98% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Saône-et-Loire town −3%.
Only 8.2% of residents are 15 to 24 in Joudes
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Joudes 52.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 30% of residents are 65 or over in Joudes. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 92% of compared French towns, at 14%
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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Joudes has 43%. Against that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The census found that 21% of households are couples with children here.
Standard of living at the median: €25,200 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,200 a year: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
2.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 98% 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 retired person make up about one in three here (33%). In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Joudes sits below 69% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.4%)
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.
In Joudes, 3.9% of residents are foreign nationals. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Joudes, 23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 71% 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 figure for married residents is 44% in Joudes and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 11%, a lower share than 99% 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, 28% of adults out of school have no qualification in Joudes. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (352 to 2,582 people), the 8th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Joudes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joudes | 52.7 | 30% | 16% | 4.4% |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud 6,446 · 12.4 mi | 55.4 | 37% | 2.9% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Étienne-du-Bois 2,584 · 13.4 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Montrevel-en-Bresse 2,743 · 14.6 mi | 49.6 | 31% | 2.3% | 4.4% |
| Attignat 3,409 · 15.8 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 1.2% | 3.7% |
| Montmorot 3,261 · 16.6 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| Viriat 7,102 · 17 mi | 43 | 20% | 1.8% | 6.8% |
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 Joudes
What is the population of Joudes?
352 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (401).
How old are Joudes’ residents?
The median age is 52.7, older than 90% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Joudes?
37, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Joudes?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Joudes?
€25,200 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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