Households headed by a manager or professional: 2.2%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 3.4% in Douville. There were 210 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 453 residents. Census figures put households in social housing at 1% here. Second homes are more common here than in four fifths of compared French towns.
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 Douville
Empty homes
The census found 48 homes empty (17%): 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 change of −1% since 2012 leaves Douville behind 74% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Dordogne town −1%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.7%, a lower share than 98% 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
■ Douville 48.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 29%, Douville is ahead of 82% of compared French towns on that count. Half of the town’s residents are over 48.7, older than in 78% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 72% of compared French towns: 31%
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
The typical household size is 2.1 people. For Douville, the census puts single-parent households at 12%. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 27%, more than in 61% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.2%
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%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 29%. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 17%, more than in 98% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,420 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 median standard of living in Douville is €24,420 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
In Douville, 38% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 76% 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
Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 14% in Douville. 2.2% of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 38% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.7% of Douville’s residents are immigrants
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 57% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 18: 5.7% of residents are immigrants. Little separates the share of foreign nationals here, 4.6%, from the figure 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.
Married residents make up 49% in Douville, more than in 89% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single here. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 66% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Douville has 28%. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 453 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Douville: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douville | 48.7 | 29% | 5.8% | 5.7% |
| Neuvic 3,687 · 9.1 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 7.6% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Astier 5,376 · 10.6 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 7% | 3.4% |
| Sanilhac 4,757 · 10.7 mi | 46 | 25% | 5.1% | 5.4% |
| Mussidan 2,771 · 11.6 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 3.9% | 5.1% |
| Bergerac 27,110 · 11.7 mi | 52.5 | 34% | 4.6% | 9.1% |
| Marsac-sur-l'Isle 3,187 · 12.6 mi | 46.7 | 22% | 2.7% | 5.4% |
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 Douville
What is the population of Douville?
453 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (457).
How old are Douville’s residents?
The median age is 48.7, older than 78% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Douville?
16, with occasional dwellings: 5.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Douville?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Douville?
€24,420 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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