Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
By its share of couples with children (14%), Doux is below 93% of compared French towns. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 6.5%, more than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Doux was home to 204 people in 110 households. The census found that 57% of households are headed by a retired person here.
Throughout this page, the Deux-Sèvres 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 Doux
Fewer residents than in 2012
Doux had 225 residents at the 2012 census and 204 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 24 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Doux’s residents are under 51.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−9% since 2012, a pace below 96% 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
In two steps, +2% to 2017 and −11% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Deux-Sèvres.
Doux is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Doux 51.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 84% of compared French towns: 29%. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 63% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of one-person households than 62% of compared French towns, at 38%
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 Deux-Sèvres median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 1.9 people share a household. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, a lower share than in 58% of compared French towns.
Empty homes: 17%, a higher share than 98% 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 without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Of all households, 11% moved in during the last two years and 30% have stayed three decades or more.
€23,330 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,330 a year: lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 9.5% 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
Put another way, about one in 11: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. 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 74% of compared French towns: 3.9%
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.
About one in 26: that is how common foreign nationals are in Doux (3.9%). The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Doux, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 75% 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 the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Doux has 24%. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Doux: 26% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 81% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 23%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 204 to 2,582 people, the 10th 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.
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Doux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doux | 51.7 | 29% | 6.5% | 3.9% |
| Airvault 3,306 · 9.9 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 3.6% |
| Vouillé 3,697 · 10.3 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 1.7% | 1.6% |
| Neuville-de-Poitou 5,513 · 11.8 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Martin-la-Pallu 5,713 · 12.6 mi | 41.2 | 17% | 3% | 1.7% |
| Cissé 2,869 · 12.8 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 2.5% | 2.3% |
| Châtillon-sur-Thouet 2,656 · 13.3 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 1.3% | 3.4% |
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 Doux
What is the population of Doux?
204 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (225).
How old are Doux’s residents?
The median age is 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Doux?
9, with occasional dwellings: 6.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Doux?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Doux?
€23,330 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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