In Durfort, 20% of homes are second homes, more than in 93% of compared French towns
5.4% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Durfort had 185 residents in 86 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put empty homes at 2.8% in the town. Households headed by a retired person are more common here than in 95% 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 Durfort
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 22 second homes and occasional dwellings in Durfort, 20% of its 110 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 24% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
7% of households have no car, below 73% 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
33% of households arrived within the last two years, while 16% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%.
Growth of +16% since 2012 puts Durfort ahead of 84% 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 −8%; 2017 to 2023, +27%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ariège town +2%.
Older than 76% of compared French towns: half of Durfort is over 48.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Durfort 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 77% of compared French towns: 9.2%. Residents aged 65 and over account for 19%.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 74% of compared French towns: 41%
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 Durfort, 24% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Meanwhile, at 12%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in 75% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.1 people share a household.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €22,600 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.
The median standard of living in Durfort is €22,600 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 94% of compared French towns, at 24%
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 12%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.1% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 70% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Nearly one in ten residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 61% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Durfort, 21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 87% 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
Married residents: 40% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Durfort ranks below 85% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 20%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Durfort, 24%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 185 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th oldest
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).
Older than Durfort: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durfort | 48.3 | 19% | 20% | 8.2% |
| Saverdun 4,808 · 6.4 mi | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 7.3% |
| Cintegabelle 3,006 · 8.6 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 3.2% | 4.5% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 9.5 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Auterive 10,456 · 10.8 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 1.8% | 9.7% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 11.3 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Mazères 3,852 · 11.5 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
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 Durfort
What is the population of Durfort?
185 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (159).
How old are Durfort’s residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Durfort?
22, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Durfort?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.2% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (7.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Durfort?
€22,600 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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