A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.9%
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Douvres has 26%. Few places have so few empty homes: 4.1% here, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns. The town’s 460 households held 1,104 residents at the 2023 Census. 3.9% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Ain 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.
A +11% change since 2012: Douvres grew faster than 73% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +5%, and from 2017 to 2023 +6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ain town +13%.
Only 18% of residents are 65 or over in Douvres
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Douvres 45.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Douvres is 45.1, higher than in 57% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Locally, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Douvres ranks above 75% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 12%
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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Douvres has more couples with children than 63% of compared French towns, at 28%.
Flats make up 13% in Douvres, less than in 81% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 19%. Higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 3.5% of homes are second homes.
Median living standard: €31,380 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.
At €31,380 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 89% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 21%, a higher share than 86% 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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 16% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Douvres. In Douvres, just over a quarter of households are headed by a retired person. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 84% of compared French towns: 2.8% of residents are immigrants
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.
2.1% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Ain has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Douvres: 54% of residents 15 and over are married, above 98% 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
By its share of single residents (22%), Douvres is below 75% of compared French towns. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Douvres sits below 95% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (10%)
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 make up 38%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 20th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Douvres 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douvres | 45.1 | 18% | 3.5% | 2.8% |
| Ambronay 2,841 · 1.5 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey 15,934 · 2.3 mi | 37.5 | 18% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Pont-d'Ain 2,843 · 4.6 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 4.1% | 8.7% |
| Lagnieu 7,411 · 6.4 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Villieu-Loyes-Mollon 3,849 · 8.2 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 3.2% | 3.4% |
| Chalamont 2,533 · 9.7 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 2.4% | 3.6% |
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 Douvres
What is the population of Douvres?
1,104 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (993).
How old are Douvres’ residents?
The median age is 45.1, older than 57% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Douvres?
17, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Douvres?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Douvres?
€31,380 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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