Couples with children make up 44% in Dosches, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Second homes make up 6.8%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The census found that two in five households are headed by a retired person in Dosches. 18% of residents are 65 or over, a lower share than in 77% of compared French towns. The town had 312 residents in 120 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Dosches
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 4% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 52% of compared French towns grew faster than Dosches: +4%
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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aube town +2%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −1%; 2017 to 2023, +6%.
Half of Dosches is under 42.8, younger than 60% 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
■ Dosches 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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 Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.6 people. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 4%, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns.
Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 1.7%
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
Long tenure is the mark of 26% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 2.5% (under two years). Empty homes are more common here than in just over half of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,300 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 €27,300 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
Below 63% of compared French towns: 12% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 8.1%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Dosches, 1.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 93% 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.
Here 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
17% of residents 15 and over are single, below 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
In Dosches, 52% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
12% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 89% 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (41%), Dosches is above just over four fifths of compared French towns. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 312 to 2,582 people, the 10th 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).
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Dosches
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dosches | 42.8 | 18% | 6.8% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres 3,223 · 6.7 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 1.7% | 9.1% |
| Pont-Sainte-Marie 5,249 · 7.1 mi | 43.8 | 26% | 0.8% | 13% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas 6,760 · 8 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.3% | 8.6% |
| Troyes 62,088 · 8.5 mi | 36.5 | 19% | 6.2% | 16% |
| Bréviandes 3,219 · 8.7 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 0.7% | 9.6% |
| Rosières-près-Troyes 4,840 · 9.6 mi | 32.7 | 15% | 3% | 8.5% |
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 Dosches
What is the population of Dosches?
312 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (299).
How old are Dosches’ residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dosches?
9, with occasional dwellings: 6.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dosches?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dosches?
€27,300 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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