Photo: Xfigpower · CC BY-SA 3.0Older than 88% of compared French towns: half of Ducey-Les Chéris is over 51.6
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Ducey-Les Chéris has 4.3%. At the 2023 Census, 2,784 people lived locally, in 1,310 households. Single-parent households make up about one in 14 here (7%). Households without a car are rarer here than in 70% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Manche 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 Ducey-Les Chéris
An older town
Half of Ducey-Les Chéris’ residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Ducey-Les Chéris changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 65% 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
31% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 89% 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
■ Ducey-Les Chéris 51.6. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.4% in Ducey-Les Chéris. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 66% of compared French towns: 22% of households are couples with children
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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.1 people share a household. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The figure for one-person households is 36% in Ducey-Les Chéris and 35% in the typical compared French town.
15% of homes are flats, below 77% 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
The share of second homes tops just over three quarters of compared French towns: 4.8%. On the census count, nearly one in ten homes stand empty. Few places have as many households in social housing: 16% here, more than in 65% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,970 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 €24,970 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 61% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 10.0% of the population.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 42% 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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Ducey-Les Chéris has 20%. Across the comparison, nearly a third 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).
In Ducey-Les Chéris, 2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 91% 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 Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. The share of foreign nationals stands at 1.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 22% in Ducey-Les Chéris, less than in 82% 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
Across Ducey-Les Chéris, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 81% 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, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Ducey-Les Chéris, 26%. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,758 to 2,810 people, the 12th oldest
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 La Fère (39.7), the youngest, and Argelès-Gazost (59.7), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Ducey-Les Chéris, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ducey-Les Chéris | 51.6 | 31% | 4.8% | 2% |
| Isigny-le-Buat 3,183 · 4.8 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 11% | 3.6% |
| Avranches 10,143 · 5.3 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 4.3% | 6.3% |
| Saint-James 5,018 · 7.4 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 7.6% | 2.9% |
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët 5,770 · 8.5 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 6.1% | 2.7% |
| Grandparigny 2,605 · 9.5 mi | 54.9 | 32% | 5.1% | 2.5% |
| Pontorson 4,280 · 10.6 mi | 55.7 | 37% | 13% | 5% |
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 Ducey-Les Chéris
What is the population of Ducey-Les Chéris?
2,784 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (2,753).
How old are Ducey-Les Chéris’ residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ducey-Les Chéris?
73, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ducey-Les Chéris?
INSEE counts 57 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 45 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ducey-Les Chéris?
€24,970 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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