Households headed by a manager or professional: 1.4%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
With flats at 4.3%, Douzens is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. Across Douzens, one in ten homes are second homes. 7.1% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 88% of compared French towns. The town had 784 residents in 350 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Aude 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 Douzens
Empty homes
The census found 69 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +11% since 2012, faster than 73% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aude town +4%.
Half of Douzens is over 48.1, older than 75% 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
■ Douzens 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 25%, Douzens is ahead of 67% of compared French towns on that count. Lower than in 72% of compared French towns: 9.6% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 75% of compared French towns: 30%
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 Aude median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.3 people. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. Few places have so few one-person households: 31% here, fewer than in 69% of compared French towns.
In Douzens, 15% of homes stand empty, more 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 7.8%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 17%. Fewer households without a car than in 66% of compared French towns: 8.1%. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Car-free households: one in 12, where the median compared French town has 11%.
The median resident lives on €22,700 a year per consumption unit
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 Douzens is €22,700 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 87% of compared French towns: 41%
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 manual worker make up 10%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
9.4% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 80% 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.
Immigrants make up 10%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 71% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Douzens
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 account for 44%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 72% of compared French towns: 24%
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, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Douzens has 16%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 784 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Douzens
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douzens | 48.1 | 25% | 10% | 10% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 7.8 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 8.2 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 10.5 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 11.6 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 12.5 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 12.8 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
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 Douzens
What is the population of Douzens?
784 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (706).
How old are Douzens’ residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Douzens?
46, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Douzens?
INSEE counts 79 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 74 foreign nationals (9.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Douzens?
€22,700 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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