Flats: 1.8%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Douchapt, 3.5%. At the same time, at 15%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in 96% of compared French towns. The town is home to 353 residents in 170 households, by the 2023 Census. 0.6% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Dordogne 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 Douchapt
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Douchapt, 20% of its 230 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 20% of homes are second homes
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
The share of empty homes stands at 7.2%. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A growing town: +7% since 2012, faster than 59% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +9%, then −2% to 2023. Over those years, the median Dordogne town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Douchapt is over 48.4, older than 76% 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
■ Douchapt 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.1%, Douchapt is behind four fifths of compared French towns on that count. By contrast, on residents aged 65 and over, Douchapt sits higher than nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 25%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 36%, a higher share than 52% 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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.1 people. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 25%, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €24,330 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.
Half of Douchapt’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,330 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 88% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Douchapt. Elsewhere, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The census found that 30% of households are headed by a retired person locally.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 61% of compared French towns: 5.6% of residents are foreign nationals
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 Dordogne has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over half of compared French towns. About one in 16: that is how common immigrants are in Douchapt (6.4%). By way of comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
41% of residents 15 and over are married, below 63% 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 Douchapt, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 97% of compared French towns: 9.3%
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 figure for graduates of higher education is 28% in Douchapt and 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Around Douchapt, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douchapt | 48.4 | 25% | 20% | 6.4% |
| Ribérac 3,734 · 5.2 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Saint-Astier 5,376 · 7.4 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 7% | 3.4% |
| Neuvic 3,687 · 9.9 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 7.6% | 4.5% |
| Chancelade 4,468 · 10.5 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.4% |
| Marsac-sur-l'Isle 3,187 · 10.6 mi | 46.7 | 22% | 2.7% | 5.4% |
| Coulounieix-Chamiers 7,832 · 12.6 mi | 48.3 | 28% | 2.2% | 9.5% |
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 Douchapt
What is the population of Douchapt?
353 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (330).
How old are Douchapt’s residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Douchapt?
44, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Douchapt?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (5.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Douchapt?
€24,330 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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