Couples with children make up 40% in Doue, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Flats make up 2.6%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 3.3% in Doue. On households headed by a retired person, Doue sits lower than 91% of compared French towns: 22%. The town is home to 1,122 residents in 430 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Seine-et-Marne 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 Doue
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 5.7% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Doue grew +12% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 75% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Seine-et-Marne town +8%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, +10%.
Doue sits below 87% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (16%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Doue 40.1. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. What’s more, the median age in Doue is 40.1, lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
In Doue, 22% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 98% 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 Seine-et-Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.6 people. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 5.7%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 6% 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
9% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €29,230 a year in standard of living
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 €29,230 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
19% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 87% 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
Here 16% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. 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).
Doue: 5.9% 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.
That is lower than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Seine-et-Marne has 14%. The share of foreign nationals stands at 3.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 72% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
45% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 79% of compared French towns: 14%
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
31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, or about one in three. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 3rd 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).
Doue and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doue | 40.1 | 16% | 6% | 5.9% |
| Boissy-le-Châtel 3,346 · 3.7 mi | 43.8 | 19% | 3.8% | 7% |
| Jouarre 4,221 · 4.1 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 2% | 15% |
| Coulommiers 16,374 · 5.5 mi | 39.5 | 20% | 1.3% | 14% |
| La Ferté-sous-Jouarre 10,254 · 5.7 mi | 39 | 17% | 2.5% | 20% |
| Mouroux 5,810 · 6.7 mi | 39.1 | 16% | 1.9% | 11% |
| La Ferté-Gaucher 4,743 · 8.5 mi | 42.3 | 24% | 1.3% | 12% |
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 Doue
What is the population of Doue?
1,122 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (1,004).
How old are Doue’s residents?
The median age is 40.1, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Doue?
31, with occasional dwellings: 6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Doue?
INSEE counts 66 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 42 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Doue?
€29,230 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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