Couples with children: 40%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 21% in Dureil and 11% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 61 residents in 27 households. A fifth of households are headed by a retired person. Empty homes are more common here than in 84% of compared French towns.
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 Dureil
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 13 second homes and occasional dwellings in Dureil, 29% of its 45 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 9.8% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dureil had 67 residents at the 2012 census and 61 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Dureil: 29% of homes are second homes, above 95% 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
Just over a fifth of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.4% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. There is little gap on households without a car: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Dureil’s population moved −9% on 2012, less than in 96% 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
The change was +6% from 2012 to 2017 and −14% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Sarthe town ±0%.
Half of Dureil is over 50.5, older than 85% 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
■ Dureil 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 26%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 69% of compared French towns: 40%
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
The typical household size is 2.3 people. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 40% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Dureil ranks below 79% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.3%
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 79% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The share of foreign nationals stands at 1.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Dureil sits above 82% of compared French towns for single residents (31%)
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
Higher than in 55% of compared French towns: 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Dureil: 44% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 86% 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 adults with no qualification is 13%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
13th highest median age among 41 French towns of 61 to 2,582
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 Dureil
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dureil | 50.5 | 26% | 29% | 3.3% |
| Noyen-sur-Sarthe 2,556 · 3.2 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 6.4% | 1.3% |
| La Suze-sur-Sarthe 4,693 · 8.4 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 1.7% | 1.6% |
| Sablé-sur-Sarthe 12,326 · 9.1 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.7% | 14% |
| La Flèche 14,947 · 9.2 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 2.4% | 2.9% |
| Cérans-Foulletourte 3,341 · 9.8 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 2.8% | 1.4% |
| Précigné 2,877 · 9.9 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 3.7% | 1.5% |
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 Dureil
What is the population of Dureil?
61 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (67).
How old are Dureil’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dureil?
13, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dureil?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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