Duisans ranks below 98% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 1.4%
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 1,399 people lived in Duisans, in 590 households. Put another way, about one in four: 23% of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are common here: 18%, more 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 Duisans
Growing fast
Duisans had 1,176 residents at the 2012 census and 1,399 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many graduates
47% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 17% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Duisans’s population changed by +19% since 2012, more than in 89% 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 −1% for the median Pas-de-Calais town, the change came in two steps: +11% from 2012 to 2017, then +7% to 2023.
Duisans is older than 55% of compared French towns: a median age of 44.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Duisans 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 23% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Duisans ranks below 96% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 6%
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
Couples with children: 31%, above 80% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.4 people.
4.5% of homes are flats, below 96% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.5%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 27%. 4.1% of households have no car, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 4.2%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €32,440 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 €32,440 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 92% of compared French towns.
Duisans sits below 85% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (8.5%)
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
With households headed by a retired person at 34%, Duisans is ahead of 61% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 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).
Below 90% of compared French towns: 2.2% of residents are immigrants
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 share of foreign nationals trails 92% of compared French towns: 1.1%. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
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 15% in Duisans, less than in 99% 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
By its share of married residents (55%), Duisans is above 99% of compared French towns. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 9.8% in Duisans, less than in 96% 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
The share of graduates of higher education tops 91% of compared French towns: 47%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 18th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Duisans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duisans | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.2% |
| Dainville 5,683 · 2.2 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 0.5% | 2.4% |
| Anzin-Saint-Aubin 2,833 · 2.3 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
| Sainte-Catherine 3,471 · 3 mi | 47 | 24% | 0.4% | 2.7% |
| Arras 42,875 · 3.4 mi | 36.3 | 18% | 1.8% | 8.5% |
| Saint-Nicolas 4,494 · 4 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 0.6% | 5.1% |
| Achicourt 7,873 · 4 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 5.7% |
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 Duisans
What is the population of Duisans?
1,399 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (1,176).
How old are Duisans’ residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Duisans?
8, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Duisans?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Duisans?
€32,440 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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