Above 85% of compared French towns: 8% of homes are second homes
With a median age of 49.1, Dozulé is older than 79% of compared French towns. There were 910 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 2,244 residents. Single-parent households: 13% of the total. Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 6.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional here.
Throughout this page, the Calvados 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.
Since 2012, Dozulé has grown +11%, faster than 72% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +1% in Calvados. Here the change came as +13% to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
In Dozulé, 28% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 81% 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
■ Dozulé 49.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Dozulé, 9.4%. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Couples with children make up 24% in Dozulé, less than in 56% 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 Calvados median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.2 people. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Just over a third of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 51% of compared French towns.
In Dozulé, 20% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 78% 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
Flats make up 16%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, households without a car are common here: 12%, more than in 57% of compared French towns. Locally, 6.8% of homes stand empty.
The median resident lives on €23,420 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 Dozulé is €23,420 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
In Dozulé, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 73% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 32%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Dozulé, 2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 92% 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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 1.4% in Dozulé and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Calvados has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 92% 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.
Fewer married residents than 83% of compared French towns: 37%
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Dozulé. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 18% in Dozulé, less than in 90% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 29%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,244 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).
Around Dozulé, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dozulé | 49.1 | 28% | 8% | 2% |
| Dives-sur-Mer 5,122 · 4.5 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 42% | 3% |
| Cabourg 3,725 · 5.2 mi | 63.9 | 48% | 79% | 4.1% |
| Troarn 3,439 · 7.2 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Argences 3,959 · 9.2 mi | 43.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 1.8% |
| Deauville 3,539 · 10.1 mi | 63.3 | 47% | 73% | 7.2% |
| Moult-Chicheboville 3,441 · 10.2 mi | 35.9 | 13% | 0.9% | 1.4% |
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 Dozulé
What is the population of Dozulé?
2,244 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (2,022).
How old are Dozulé’s residents?
The median age is 49.1, older than 79% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dozulé?
86, with occasional dwellings: 8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dozulé?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dozulé?
€23,420 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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