0.8% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 3% in Douvrend. At 25%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is higher than in 96% of compared French towns. The town had 500 residents in 200 households at the 2023 census. Across Douvrend, 4.4% of households have no car.
Throughout this page, the Seine-Maritime 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.
Slower growth than 71% of compared French towns: Douvrend changed by ±0% since 2012
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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +4%; from 2017 to 2023, −4%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Seine-Maritime town ±0%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 85% of compared French towns: 8.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Douvrend 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.7, Douvrend is younger than just over three fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. Locally, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 33% of households are couples with children
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-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.5 people. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. 7.4% of households are single parents, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns. Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 28% of households are one person living alone here.
Above 84% of compared French towns: 7.5% of homes are second 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
By its share of empty homes (5.5%), Douvrend is below 67% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. A third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 4.5% moved in within the last two years.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,720 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 €24,720 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Douvrend: 38% of households are headed by a retired person, above 78% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.8%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Douvrend, 0.6%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Seine-Maritime has 3.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 98% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 51% in Douvrend. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Douvrend sits below 86% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (20%)
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 tops 79% of compared French towns: 25%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (500 to 2,582 people), the 10th 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).
No nearby town is as young as Douvrend
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douvrend | 42.7 | 22% | 7.5% | 0.8% |
| Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont 3,665 · 4.4 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Petit-Caux 9,513 · 7.3 mi | 43.8 | 20% | 10% | 1.2% |
| Criel-sur-Mer 2,527 · 10.6 mi | 54.9 | 33% | 44% | 2.6% |
| Neufchâtel-en-Bray 4,662 · 11 mi | 51.7 | 34% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Dieppe 28,496 · 11 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 12% | 4.4% |
| Offranville 3,242 · 12.4 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 3.9% | 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 Douvrend
What is the population of Douvrend?
500 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (502).
How old are Douvrend’s residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Douvrend?
18, with occasional dwellings: 7.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Douvrend?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Douvrend?
€24,720 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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