A larger share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 41%
Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Drocourt has 5.2%. For Drocourt, the census puts empty homes at 3.8%. 5% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 86% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 554, in 220 households.
Throughout this page, the Yvelines 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 Drocourt
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 9.3% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Drocourt’s population moved +1% on 2012, less than in 64% 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 median Yvelines town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six −1%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 88% of compared French towns: 16%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Drocourt 40.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Drocourt’s residents are under 40.1, younger than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over. The census found that 10% of residents are 15 to 24 here.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 22% of households are one person living alone
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 Yvelines median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households make up 9.3%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.5 people on average.
Drocourt sits above 77% of compared French towns for second homes (5%)
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
Flats: 17%, below 74% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Newcomers of less than two years account for just over one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 19%.
The median resident lives on €29,170 a year per consumption unit
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 Drocourt’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,170 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 96% of compared French towns: 19%
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
11% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Higher than in 85% of compared French towns: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker. Measured more widely, 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).
Only 3% of residents are immigrants in Drocourt
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Drocourt comes in at 2.5%. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 82% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Yvelines has 15%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 95% of compared French towns: 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 couples, 48% are married and 5.3% in a PACS (median compared French town: 43% and 6.1%); 4.7% are widowed. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 89% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Drocourt. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 554 to 2,582 people: this is the 3rd 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Drocourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drocourt | 40.1 | 16% | 5% | 3% |
| Limay 17,885 · 4.5 mi | 35.2 | 13% | 0.6% | 23% |
| Issou 4,060 · 5 mi | 40 | 15% | 0.9% | 15% |
| Mantes-la-Jolie 43,526 · 5.3 mi | 35.1 | 15% | 0.5% | 30% |
| Gargenville 7,869 · 5.3 mi | 39.6 | 18% | 0.8% | 13% |
| Juziers 4,065 · 5.7 mi | 39.8 | 17% | 12% | 12% |
| Porcheville 3,382 · 5.8 mi | 37.3 | 15% | 0.8% | 17% |
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 Drocourt
What is the population of Drocourt?
554 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (546).
How old are Drocourt’s residents?
The median age is 40.1, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Drocourt?
12, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Drocourt?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Drocourt?
€29,170 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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