A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.4%
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Durcet comes in at 4.1%. The town counted 286 residents and 120 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 38: 2.6% of households have no car. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 9%, more than in 87% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Orne 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.
Since 2012, Durcet has grown +6%, faster than 53% 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
In two steps, +15% to 2017 and −8% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −5% in Orne.
Younger than 82% of compared French towns: half of Durcet is under 39.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Durcet 39.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 19%, Durcet is behind 68% of compared French towns on that count. Put another way, about one in 12: 8.4% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 78% of compared French towns: 30%
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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Durcet has 12%. Households here average 2.4 people each. More couples with children than in 56% of compared French towns: 26%. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
98% of homes are houses
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
20% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.3% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At 6.9%, empty homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €25,390 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.
At €25,390 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 27% in Durcet, more than in 98% 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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Durcet comes in at 25%. Typically, 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 immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
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 Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Foreign nationals account for 0.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Durcet sits above 97% of compared French towns for married residents (53%)
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
Single residents: 22%, below 77% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 24%, a higher share than 76% 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
Here, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 286 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd youngest
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 Durcet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durcet | 39.5 | 19% | 9% | 0.7% |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 4,201 · 4.2 mi | 49 | 27% | 9.4% | 1.9% |
| Flers 14,432 · 6 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 2.4% | 13% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers 3,173 · 6.3 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Condé-en-Normandie 5,985 · 10 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 3.7% | 3.4% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 11.2 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 13.1 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
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 Durcet
What is the population of Durcet?
286 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (271).
How old are Durcet’s residents?
The median age is 39.5, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Durcet?
13, with occasional dwellings: 9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Durcet?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Durcet?
€25,390 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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