Households headed by a manual worker: 26%, a higher share than 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing make up 23%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Douzy’s 910 households held 2,134 residents at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 65 and over account for 17%. Fewer one-person households than in 76% of compared French towns: 30%.
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.
+1% since 2012, a pace below 68% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +2%; 2017 to 2023, −2%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ardennes town −9%.
Younger than 71% of compared French towns: half of Douzy is under 41.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Douzy 41.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Douzy: 13% of households are single parents, above 87% 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 Ardennes median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 29% of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 71% of compared French towns.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 12% 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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Douzy comes in at 9.9%. By contrast, households without a car are rarer here than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. For comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 77: 1.3% of homes are second homes.
Median living standard: €23,530 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.
Living standards centre on €23,530 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 77% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 15.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
29% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 70% 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
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Douzy has 6.6%. The usual figure: 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).
Douzy sits below 88% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.3%)
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Douzy has 1.5%. Set beside that, 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.
Fewer single residents than 54% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Here, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
On adults with no qualification, Douzy sits higher than 57% of compared French towns: 20%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 2,134 to 2,582 people, the 6th youngest
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).
Douzy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douzy | 41.3 | 17% | 1.3% | 2.3% |
| Sedan 16,667 · 5.1 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.3% | 8% |
| Carignan 2,680 · 6.1 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 7.2% |
| Vrigne aux Bois 3,518 · 9.6 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
| Vivier-au-Court 2,732 · 10.7 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 0.4% | 11% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 14.2 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 16 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 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 Douzy
What is the population of Douzy?
2,134 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,123).
How old are Douzy’s residents?
The median age is 41.3, younger than 71% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Douzy?
13, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Douzy?
INSEE counts 50 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Douzy?
€23,530 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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