Younger than 95% of compared French towns: half of Doux is under 35.5
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The census found that 25% of households are one person living alone in Doux. This Ardennes town counted 102 residents and 40 households at the 2023 Census. The share of flats is 6.8%, against 30% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Ardennes 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 Doux
Growing fast
Doux had 69 residents at the 2012 census and 102 in 2023, up 48%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Doux’s residents are under 35.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+48% since 2012, a pace 99% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 change was +45%; from 2017 to 2023, +2%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ardennes town −9%.
11% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Doux 35.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 16%, above 96% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 83% of compared French towns, at 13%
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 Ardennes median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.6 people. Lower than in 51% of compared French towns: 25% of households are couples with children. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%.
4.6% of homes in Doux are second homes
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
Of all households, 5% moved in during the last two years and 20% have stayed three decades or more. 7.5% of households have no car, a lower share than in 70% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Doux comes in at 4.6%.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 25% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. By contrast, households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in three fifths of compared French towns. On average, 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).
Doux sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (1%)
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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 64% of compared French towns: 45%
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 census found that 26% of residents 15 and over are single in Doux. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 16% in Doux, less than in 95% 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
Adults with no qualification: 24%, above 73% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 102 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.
At the ends of the range sit Doux (35.5), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Doux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doux | 35.5 | 11% | 4.6% | 1% |
| Rethel 7,444 · 2.9 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.8% | 2.6% |
| Vouziers 3,825 · 13.9 mi | 55.5 | 35% | 2.3% | 1.8% |
| Warmeriville 2,749 · 14.4 mi | 39 | 17% | 1% | 1.9% |
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 Doux
What is the population of Doux?
102 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 48% more than in 2012 (69).
How old are Doux’s residents?
The median age is 35.5, younger than 95% of compared French towns. 33% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Doux?
2, with occasional dwellings: 4.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Doux?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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