A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.6%
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.8%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Dhuizel had 114 residents in 49 households at the 2023 census. Households headed by a manager or professional come to 20% locally, about two in ten. Higher than in 87% of compared French towns: 9.2% of homes are second homes.
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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 Dhuizel
Empty homes
The census found 9 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Dhuizel changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 77% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −4% in Aisne.
A median age of 47.4: Dhuizel is older than 71% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dhuizel 47.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 24%, against 22% 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: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are one person living alone, below 99% of compared French towns
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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 20% of households are couples with children in Dhuizel. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Dhuizel: 15% of homes stand empty, above 95% 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
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.1% of households have no car in Dhuizel. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 10% moved in during the last two years and 29% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,450 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.
Half of Dhuizel’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,450 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Dhuizel: 40% of households are headed by a retired person, above 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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Dhuizel, 20%. For comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person 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 3.5% in Dhuizel, less than in 78% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Dhuizel, 2.6%. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
52% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 96% 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 single residents at 22%, Dhuizel is behind four fifths of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Dhuizel
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Dhuizel, 27%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 114 to 2,582 people
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).
Around Dhuizel, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhuizel | 47.4 | 24% | 9.2% | 3.5% |
| Fismes 5,850 · 4.9 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Germain 2,616 · 11.9 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Crouy 3,049 · 12.1 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 5.7% |
| Fère-en-Tardenois 2,836 · 12.3 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 1.9% | 3.3% |
| Belleu 3,659 · 12.7 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Soissons 28,046 · 13.3 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 1.2% | 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 Dhuizel
What is the population of Dhuizel?
114 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (116).
How old are Dhuizel’s residents?
The median age is 47.4, older than 71% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dhuizel?
6, with occasional dwellings: 9.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dhuizel?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dhuizel?
€26,450 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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