Durbans: 41% of homes are second homes, above 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 158 residents in 77 households: that is Durbans at the 2023 Census. Locally, 1.4% of homes are flats. The figure for households headed by a retired person is 60% in Durbans and 32% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Lot 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 Durbans
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 56 second homes and occasional dwellings in Durbans, 41% of its 140 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
Growing fast
Durbans had 123 residents at the 2012 census and 158 in 2023, up 28%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
1.3% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% 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
14% of households arrived within the last two years, while 23% have stayed 30 years or more. Lower than in 91% of compared French towns: 3.6% of homes stand empty. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%.
From 2012 to 2023, Durbans outgrew 96% of compared French towns: +28%
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
The median Lot town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +15% and the next six +12%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 92% of compared French towns: 8.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Durbans 48. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 48, Durbans is older than nearly three quarters of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in three: 31% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
Durbans: 40% of households are one person living alone, above 69% 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 Lot median and the France median
Living alone · share
With couples with children at 27%, Durbans is ahead of 58% of compared French towns on that count. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.1 people.
A median standard of living of €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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,420 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Only 6.7% of households are headed by a manual worker in Durbans
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 81% 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 Lot has 9.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. Foreign nationals account for 2.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Durbans ranks below 88% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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 43% in the typical compared French town, 44% of residents 15 and over are married here. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 27%, a lower share than 59% 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
Durbans has more adults with no qualification than 57% of compared French towns, at 20%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 158 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Durbans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durbans | 48 | 31% | 41% | 3.1% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 7.2 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 13.5 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 13.7 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 16.8 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
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 Durbans
What is the population of Durbans?
158 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 28% more than in 2012 (123).
How old are Durbans’ residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Durbans?
56, with occasional dwellings: 41% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Durbans?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Durbans?
€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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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