A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 6%
The share of households without a car is 3.1%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. About one in two: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Dours (47%). Higher than in 82% of compared French towns: 32% of households are couples with children. The 2023 Census counted 225 residents in 93 households.
Throughout this page, the Hautes-Pyrénées 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.
From 2012 to 2023, 75% of compared French towns grew faster than Dours: −1%
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 +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Hautes-Pyrénées.
Older than 67% of compared French towns: half of Dours is over 46.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dours 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
Dours sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (21%)
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 Hautes-Pyrénées median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.4 people each. Dours has fewer single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns, at 5.3%. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
More second homes than 63% of compared French towns: 3.1%
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Across Dours, 7.2% of homes stand empty.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,000 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.
Living standards centre on €27,000 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns, at 5.3%
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
In Dours, 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. 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 foreign nationals than 89% of compared French towns: 1.3%
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.
With immigrants at 3.4%, Dours is behind 78% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Dours, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
With married residents at 53%, Dours is ahead of 98% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 93% of compared French towns, at 11%
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 34% in Dours and 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
Ranked by age, 18th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Dours, 4 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dours | 46.7 | 24% | 3.1% | 3.4% |
| Aureilhan 8,031 · 4.1 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 1.2% | 7.5% |
| Séméac 5,236 · 5 mi | 50.2 | 27% | 2.3% | 7.8% |
| Bordères-sur-l'Échez 5,399 · 5.2 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 0.8% | 6% |
| Tarbes 44,399 · 5.6 mi | 39.9 | 23% | 2.2% | 12% |
| Soues 2,988 · 6.5 mi | 49.8 | 28% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
| Barbazan-Debat 3,478 · 6.8 mi | 50.1 | 30% | 2% | 5.6% |
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 Dours
What is the population of Dours?
225 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (228).
How old are Dours’ residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 67% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dours?
3, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dours?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dours?
€27,000 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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