Only 21% of households are one person living alone in Droue-sur-Drouette
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Droue-sur-Drouette has 3.2%. In 2023, the Census found 1,212 residents in the town, living in 510 households. Households without a car account for 3.8%. The town has fewer households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns, at 4.9%.
Throughout this page, the Eure-et-Loir 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 Droue-sur-Drouette
Fewer residents than in 2012
Droue-sur-Drouette had 1,267 residents at the 2012 census and 1,212 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−4% since 2012, a pace below 86% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Eure-et-Loir town, the change came in two steps: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
Droue-sur-Drouette is older than 83% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Droue-sur-Drouette 50.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 25%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 8.5% here, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 80% 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 Eure-et-Loir median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households trails just over four fifths of compared French towns: 7.8%. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each.
Households in social housing make up 2.8% in Droue-sur-Drouette, less than in 95% 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
4.7% of households arrived within the last two years, while 26% have stayed 30 years or more. For households in social housing, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 12%. Flats are rarer here than in 87% of compared French towns. Second homes: 3.6% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
A median of €34,140 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 Droue-sur-Drouette’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €34,140 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 95% of compared French towns.
33% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 98% 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
36% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 8.8%, a higher share than 65% 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 median compared commune in Eure-et-Loir has 7.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 65% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals account for 5%. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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: 54%, a higher share than 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
By its share of single residents (19%), Droue-sur-Drouette is below 97% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 45% 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 make up 12%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,212 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Droue-sur-Drouette is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Droue-sur-Drouette
What is the population of Droue-sur-Drouette?
1,212 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (1,267).
How old are Droue-sur-Drouette’s residents?
The median age is 50.1, older than 83% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Droue-sur-Drouette?
20, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Droue-sur-Drouette?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.8% of residents, and 60 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Droue-sur-Drouette?
€34,140 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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