Douchy-lès-Ayette sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (4.9%)
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Douchy-lès-Ayette comes in at 2.9%. At the 2023 Census, 286 people lived in the town, in 130 households. On the census count, nearly a third of households are headed by a manual worker. Households without a car are rarer here than in 84% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Pas-de-Calais 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 Douchy-lès-Ayette
Fewer residents than in 2012
Douchy-lès-Ayette had 299 residents at the 2012 census and 286 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 86% of compared French towns grew faster than Douchy-lès-Ayette: −4%
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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +3%; from 2017 to 2023, −7%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24% in Douchy-lès-Ayette, more than in 64% 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
■ Douchy-lès-Ayette 44. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Douchy-lès-Ayette is 44, lower than in 50% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 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 Pas-de-Calais median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 28% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. Higher than in 84% of compared French towns: 32% of households are couples with children. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Households average 2.3 people.
Households in social housing make up 0.8% in Douchy-lès-Ayette, less 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
Here 4.3% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. The usual figure: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 28: 3.6% of homes are second homes.
Median living standard: €26,840 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.
The median standard of living in Douchy-lès-Ayette is €26,840 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 4% in Douchy-lès-Ayette, less than in 93% 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
In Douchy-lès-Ayette, 36% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
0.3% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, below 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
The share of married residents stands at 44%. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 68% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Douchy-lès-Ayette has 21%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 286 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Douchy-lès-Ayette
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Douchy-lès-Ayette
What is the population of Douchy-lès-Ayette?
286 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (299).
How old are Douchy-lès-Ayette’s residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 50% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Douchy-lès-Ayette?
5, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Douchy-lès-Ayette?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Douchy-lès-Ayette?
€26,840 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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