Only 1.2% of homes are flats in Durdat-Larequille
Here 5% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. 32% of households are couples with children, more than in 82% of compared French towns. There were 550 households in Durdat-Larequille at the 2023 Census, home to 1,280 residents. Census figures put households in social housing at 5.4% locally.
Throughout this page, the Allier 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 Durdat-Larequille
Empty homes
The census found 82 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−1% since 2012, a pace below 74% 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
In two steps, +3% to 2017 and −4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Allier.
9.7% of residents are 15 to 24, below 69% 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
■ Durdat-Larequille 44.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.9, Durdat-Larequille is older than 56% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Here, 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 30% of households are one person living alone
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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 9.1%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.3 people each.
Empty homes: 12%, a higher share than 89% 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
Nearly a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.1% moved in within the last two years. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Durdat-Larequille has more second homes than 79% of compared French towns, at 5.7%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,580 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 €26,580 a year: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Durdat-Larequille sits below 79% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (5.7%)
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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 36%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 88% 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.
1.4% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). The median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 88% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 86% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
In couples, 46% are married and 10% in a PACS (median compared French town: 43% and 6.1%); 5.7% are widowed. Set beside that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Durdat-Larequille ranks below 80% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 14%
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
32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
18th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,280 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Durdat-Larequille is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durdat-Larequille | 44.9 | 21% | 5.7% | 2.3% |
| Commentry 6,017 · 2.8 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 2.4% | 4.6% |
| Montluçon 33,147 · 7.6 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Désertines 4,259 · 7.9 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 1.5% | 5% |
| Prémilhat 2,540 · 8.4 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 2.3% | 5.9% |
| Saint-Éloy-les-Mines 3,480 · 9 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 4.8% | 6.2% |
| Domérat 8,622 · 10.4 mi | 53.5 | 33% | 1.6% | 4.4% |
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 Durdat-Larequille
What is the population of Durdat-Larequille?
1,280 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,291).
How old are Durdat-Larequille’s residents?
The median age is 44.9, older than 56% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Durdat-Larequille?
38, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Durdat-Larequille?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Durdat-Larequille?
€26,580 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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