Only 1% of homes are flats in Douains
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 450 residents in 190 households. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 21%. By its share of one-person households (28%), Douains is below 87% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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 Douains
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 5.1% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 78% of compared French towns grew faster than Douains: −2%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +12%, and from 2017 to 2023 −12%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Eure town −1%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 86% of compared French towns, at 16%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Douains 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.8%, Douains is behind two thirds of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Half of the town’s residents are over 47.2, older than in 70% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 34% in Douains, more than in 89% 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 Eure median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. Fewer single-parent households than in 99% of compared French towns: 5.1%. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 4.7% of households have no car
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7.9% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 23%. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. 5.5% of homes are second homes, more than in 79% of compared French towns. The share of empty homes tops 62% of compared French towns: 7.8%.
Half above, half below €29,090 a year in 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.
At €29,090 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
Below 89% of compared French towns: 23% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Households headed by a manual worker: 16%, above 61% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Douains ranks below 73% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.1%
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.
2.9% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Douains
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
Married residents: 48%, above 83% of compared French towns. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 14% in Douains, less than in 79% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Douains has 34%. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 450 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).
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Douains
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douains | 47.2 | 16% | 5.5% | 4.1% |
| Pacy-sur-Eure 5,027 · 2.7 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 1.9% | 4.7% |
| Saint-Marcel 4,512 · 4 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 1.9% | 13% |
| Vernon 25,290 · 4 mi | 40.4 | 20% | 1.4% | 18% |
| La Chapelle-Longueville 3,282 · 4.5 mi | 46.1 | 21% | 3.7% | 5.6% |
| Bonnières-sur-Seine 5,064 · 6.8 mi | 38.5 | 17% | 1.1% | 14% |
| Freneuse 4,505 · 7.9 mi | 38.9 | 18% | 4.6% | 15% |
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 Douains
What is the population of Douains?
450 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (459).
How old are Douains’ residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 70% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Douains?
12, with occasional dwellings: 5.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Douains?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Douains?
€29,090 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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