Dreuilhe is older than 96% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.8
By its share of households without a car (4.7%), Dreuilhe is below 90% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 360 residents locally, living in 160 households. For Dreuilhe, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 39%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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 Dreuilhe
An older town
Half of Dreuilhe’s residents are under 56.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −1% change since 2012: slower than 72% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ariège town +2%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 92% of compared French towns, at 34%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dreuilhe 56.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 95% of compared French towns, at 6.2%
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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Dreuilhe has 23%. Roughly three in ten: 28% of households are one person living alone. The wider picture: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
In Dreuilhe, 5.5% of homes are flats, fewer than in 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
6% of homes are second homes, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%. Empty homes make up about one in 13 here (7.7%).
A typical living standard of €24,160 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.
At €24,160 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 79% of compared French towns: 9.5%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 6.2%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Dreuilhe sits above 73% of compared French towns for immigrants (11%)
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 Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 73% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. In Dreuilhe, 4.6% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Dreuilhe, 55% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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
The figure for single residents is 18% in Dreuilhe and 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 86% 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: 23% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 360 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).
No nearby town is as old as Dreuilhe
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dreuilhe | 56.8 | 34% | 6% | 11% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 1.3 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 9.8 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| Foix 9,934 · 12.7 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 13.4 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 14.8 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 14.9 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
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 Dreuilhe
What is the population of Dreuilhe?
360 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (362).
How old are Dreuilhe’s residents?
The median age is 56.8, older than 96% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dreuilhe?
11, with occasional dwellings: 6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dreuilhe?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dreuilhe?
€24,160 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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