Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.4% of homes are flats
57% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 229 residents in Davrey, living in 110 households. Across Davrey, 7.4% of residents are 15 to 24. At 28%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Aube 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 Davrey
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 18 second homes and occasional dwellings in Davrey, 13% of its 140 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% 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
Davrey had 264 residents at the 2012 census and 229 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car: 2.7%, a lower share than 99% 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
In the last two years, 7.3% of households moved in; at the other end, 25% have stayed 30 years or more. Elsewhere, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 90% of compared French towns: 13% of homes are second homes. Here nearly one in ten homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
−13% since 2012, a pace below 99% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −10%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aube town +2%.
A median age of 47.4: Davrey is older than 71% 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
■ Davrey 47.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 4.8%
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 Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.2 people. Few places have so few couples with children: 25% here, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €20,140 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 €20,140 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 96% of compared French towns.
Davrey ranks above 94% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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).
0.4% of residents are immigrants, below 99% of compared French towns
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Davrey comes in at 0.4%. The wider picture: 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.
Married residents: 40%, a lower share than 71% 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
At 25%, the share of single residents is lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Davrey ranks below 96% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 16%
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, 27% of adults out of school have no qualification in Davrey. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 229 to 2,582 people, 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Davrey, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davrey | 47.4 | 24% | 13% | 0.4% |
| Saint-Florentin 4,164 · 11 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 3.5% | 18% |
| Tonnerre 4,261 · 13.2 mi | 47.3 | 29% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Rosières-près-Troyes 4,840 · 15.7 mi | 32.7 | 15% | 3% | 8.5% |
| Bréviandes 3,219 · 15.8 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 0.7% | 9.6% |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon 3,032 · 16.1 mi | 47 | 25% | 7.3% | 6.1% |
| Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis 3,236 · 16.5 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 9.7% | 2.8% |
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 Davrey
What is the population of Davrey?
229 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (264).
How old are Davrey’s residents?
The median age is 47.4, older than 71% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Davrey?
18, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Davrey?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.4% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Davrey?
€20,140 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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