Half of Durtol is over 53.6, older than 92% of compared French towns
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Durtol. Census day 2023: 1,914 residents and 860 households in the town. In Durtol, 7% of households are headed by a manual worker. Few places have so few households without a car: 7.9% here, fewer than in two thirds of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Puy-de-Dôme 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 Durtol
An older town
Half of Durtol’s residents are under 53.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Durtol had 2,009 residents at the 2012 census and 1,914 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Durtol’s population moved −5% on 2012, less than in 87% 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
Durtol sits above 93% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (34%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Durtol 53.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 93% of compared French towns: 8%. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Durtol ranks below 69% of compared French towns on one-person households: 31%
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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. Durtol has fewer single-parent households than 62% of compared French towns, at 9.3%. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 26% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%).
Flats make up 20% in Durtol, less than in 67% 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
7.1% of households moved in less than two years ago; 28% have been in their home 30 years or more. Second homes are rarer here than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. At 12%, households in social housing sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €31,400 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.
Half of Durtol’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €31,400 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 89% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 41%, a higher share than 85% 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
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Durtol has 15%. By way of 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).
Immigrants make up 5.7% of Durtol’s residents
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 Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 57% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 18 here (5.7%). Little separates the share of foreign nationals here, 4.1%, from the figure 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.
Durtol sits below 94% of compared French towns for single residents (19%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Durtol has 46%. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Durtol ranks below 93% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 11%
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
Graduates of higher education make up 45%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 1,914 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Durtol
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durtol | 53.6 | 34% | 1% | 5.7% |
| Chamalières 17,509 · 1.4 mi | 47.8 | 29% | 5.4% | 5.7% |
| Orcines 3,609 · 2 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 3.5% | 3.9% |
| Royat 4,479 · 2.1 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 13% | 9.8% |
| Clermont-Ferrand 146,351 · 2.2 mi | 32.9 | 17% | 5.6% | 18% |
| Sayat 2,529 · 2.7 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 1.6% | 5.3% |
| Blanzat 3,709 · 2.8 mi | 51.9 | 32% | 1.1% | 8.5% |
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 Durtol
What is the population of Durtol?
1,914 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (2,009).
How old are Durtol’s residents?
The median age is 53.6, older than 92% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Durtol?
10, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Durtol?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 79 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Durtol?
€31,400 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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