1% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
The share of single-parent households is 3.7%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Still, on households headed by a retired person, Douillet sits higher than 85% of compared French towns: 41%. The town counted 319 residents and 140 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in ten: 9.8% of homes stand empty.
Throughout this page, the Sarthe 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 Douillet
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 45 second homes and occasional dwellings in Douillet, 22% of its 210 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 22% of its homes
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
Without a car: one household in 18, against 11% in the median compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 5.6% in Douillet. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%.
From 2012 to 2023, 81% of compared French towns grew faster than Douillet: −3%
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
Here the change came as ±0% to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Douillet ranks above 74% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 12%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Douillet 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over in Douillet. Meanwhile, half of the town’s residents are under 43.8, younger than in just over half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
30% of households are couples with children, more than in 75% of compared French towns
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 Sarthe median and the France median
Living alone · share
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 33% in Douillet. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,090 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,090 a year: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 3.7% in Douillet, less than in 94% 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
At 15%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is higher than in 56% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 9.4% of 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 75% of compared French towns, at 3.7%
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 Sarthe has 2.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in three quarters of compared French towns. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 45.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 50% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Put another way, about one in four: 25% of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (319 to 2,582 people), the 16th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Douillet is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douillet | 43.8 | 24% | 22% | 3.7% |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe 2,928 · 5.3 mi | 51 | 33% | 7% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 11.2 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 12 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 12.5 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| La Bazoge 3,796 · 15.1 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| La Milesse 2,617 · 16.9 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.1% | 2.4% |
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 Douillet
What is the population of Douillet?
319 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (329).
How old are Douillet’s residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Douillet?
45, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Douillet?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Douillet?
€25,090 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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