22% of homes in Durenque are second homes
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Durenque has 44%. There were 240 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 515 residents. 1.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in 77. On flats, Durenque sits lower than 97% of compared French towns: 3.8%.
Throughout this page, the Aveyron 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 Durenque
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 76 second homes and occasional dwellings in Durenque, 22% of its 340 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 96% 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
Durenque had 556 residents at the 2012 census and 515 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Durenque’s residents are under 52.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Durenque ranks below 71% of compared French towns on households without a car: 7.3%
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
One household in 14 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. At 7.8%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 94% of compared French towns grew faster than Durenque: −7%
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 change was −6% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aveyron town +1%.
Older than 89% of compared French towns: half of Durenque is over 52.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Durenque 52.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 32% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. For Durenque, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 66% of compared French towns, at 39%
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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.2 people on average. 26% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%).
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €22,540 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 midpoint of living standards here is €22,540 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 7% in Durenque, less than in 91% of compared French towns
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. On average, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 82% of compared French towns: 3%
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 Aveyron has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 82% of compared French towns. In Durenque, 1.8% 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.
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
With single residents at 22%, Durenque is behind 82% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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: 21%, above 58% of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 515 to 2,582 people: this is the 9th 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.
Durenque is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durenque | 52.1 | 32% | 22% | 3% |
| Luc-la-Primaube 6,046 · 14 mi | 49.5 | 28% | 2.8% | 3.5% |
| Baraqueville 3,173 · 15.1 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 4.3% | 3.4% |
| Saint-Affrique 7,941 · 16.5 mi | 49.9 | 30% | 8.8% | 5.8% |
| Olemps 3,559 · 16.5 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 2% | 3.6% |
| Rodez 23,981 · 17.6 mi | 41.7 | 24% | 4.3% | 11% |
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 Durenque
What is the population of Durenque?
515 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (556).
How old are Durenque’s residents?
The median age is 52.1, older than 89% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Durenque?
76, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Durenque?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Durenque?
€22,540 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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