Above 93% of compared French towns: 20% of homes are second homes
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 151 residents in Duranus, living in 72 households. 6.2% of households have no car, or about one in 16. By its share of empty homes (9.8%), Duranus is above 78% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Alpes-Maritimes 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 Duranus
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Duranus, 20% of its 100 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 80% 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
Duranus had 170 residents at the 2012 census and 151 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 62% of compared French towns: 23% of homes are flats
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
In the last two years, 14% of households moved in; at the other end, 17% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One household in 16 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
−11% since 2012: slower than 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Alpes-Maritimes town +6%. The change was −18% from 2012 to 2017 and +8% from 2017 to 2023.
Half of Duranus is over 49.7, older than 82% 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
■ Duranus 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
13% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. By contrast, residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 69% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 59% of compared French towns: 33%
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 Alpes-Maritimes median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.1 people share a household. Couples with children make up 25%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
€23,680 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,680 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 25%, a lower share than 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 Duranus, 8.3%. For comparison, nearly a third 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).
Duranus ranks below 82% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3%
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.
The median compared commune in Alpes-Maritimes has 11%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 82% of compared French towns. In Duranus, 3.7% of residents are foreign nationals. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Duranus sits above 64% of compared French towns for single residents (27%)
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 share of married residents is 42%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Duranus
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, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification in Duranus. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 151 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Duranus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duranus | 49.7 | 19% | 20% | 3% |
| Levens 5,377 · 3.3 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 7.2% | 4.6% |
| Saint-Martin-du-Var 3,431 · 6.2 mi | 39.4 | 20% | 0.8% | 6.9% |
| L'Escarène 2,585 · 6.4 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 9.6% | 5.4% |
| Contes 7,897 · 6.7 mi | 46.4 | 25% | 4.5% | 5.4% |
| Tourrette-Levens 4,624 · 7.1 mi | 48.4 | 25% | 3.4% | 6.9% |
| Carros 13,803 · 8.7 mi | 40.1 | 17% | 3.3% | 11% |
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 Duranus
What is the population of Duranus?
151 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (170).
How old are Duranus’ residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Duranus?
20, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Duranus?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Duranus?
€23,680 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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