Dourlers sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1.1%)
In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM); in Dourlers, 2.6%. The census found that 13% of households are single parents here. On households headed by a manual worker, Dourlers sits lower than 84% of compared French towns: 8.7%. The town counted 536 residents and 240 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Nord 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 Dourlers
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dourlers had 568 residents at the 2012 census and 536 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 33 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−6% since 2012: slower than 90% 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 ±0% for the median Nord town, the change came in two steps: ±0% from 2012 to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
Half of Dourlers is under 42.5, younger than 62% 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
■ Dourlers 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (21%). 11% of residents are 15 to 24, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Dourlers ranks below 76% of compared French towns on couples with children: 20%
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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Dourlers comes in at 33%. Households average 2.3 people. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Dourlers, 12% of homes stand empty, more than in 88% 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
8.5% of households arrived within the last two years, while 35% have stayed 30 years or more. On households without a car, Dourlers sits lower than 69% of compared French towns: 7.7%. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. At 1.4%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median of €25,630 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,630 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Dourlers: 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 77% 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
Households headed by a retired person: a third of the total. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.1% in Dourlers, less 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 figure for foreign nationals is 1.7% in Dourlers and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 22% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Here, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 15% in Dourlers, less than in 73% 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, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Dourlers, 36%. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 536 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Dourlers and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dourlers | 42.5 | 21% | 1.4% | 2.1% |
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe 4,012 · 3.6 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Aulnoye-Aymeries 8,612 · 5 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.7% |
| Hautmont 14,152 · 5.3 mi | 37.8 | 18% | 0.6% | 8.3% |
| Ferrière-la-Grande 5,131 · 5.9 mi | 39.8 | 20% | 0.5% | 5% |
| Louvroil 6,294 · 6 mi | 35 | 17% | 0.6% | 20% |
| Berlaimont 3,159 · 6.4 mi | 42.9 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.1% |
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 Dourlers
What is the population of Dourlers?
536 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (568).
How old are Dourlers’ residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dourlers?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dourlers?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dourlers?
€25,630 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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