Below 91% of compared French towns: 4.5% of households have no car
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, a third of households are couples with children here. The 2023 Census counted 1,245 residents in 520 households. In Dompierre-sur-Veyle, 5.6% of homes are second homes. 17% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 73% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ain 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.
Dompierre-sur-Veyle’s population moved +4% on 2012, less than in 52% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +13% for the median Ain town, the change came in two steps: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then +7% to 2023.
Half of Dompierre-sur-Veyle is under 42.2, younger than 64% 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
■ Dompierre-sur-Veyle 42.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 20% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in nine: just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
6.6% of households are single parents, below 93% 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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of one-person households trails 87% of compared French towns: 27%. A household here holds 2.4 people on average. For comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
82% of homes are houses
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.2% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 19%. Dompierre-sur-Veyle has fewer empty homes than 51% of compared French towns, at 6.6%. Little separates the share of households in social housing here, 12%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €27,350 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 €27,350 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 80% of compared French towns, at 39%
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
16% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Locally, 6.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 87% of compared French towns, at 2.5%
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.
1.1% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Dompierre-sur-Veyle ranks below 71% of compared French towns on single residents: 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
With married residents at 45%, Dompierre-sur-Veyle is ahead of 63% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Dompierre-sur-Veyle ranks below 77% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 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
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 9th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,245 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Dompierre-sur-Veyle
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dompierre-sur-Veyle | 42.2 | 20% | 5.6% | 2.5% |
| Chalamont 2,533 · 5.3 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 2.4% | 3.6% |
| Pont-d'Ain 2,843 · 6.5 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 4.1% | 8.7% |
| Péronnas 6,444 · 7.9 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.7% | 8.6% |
| Ambronay 2,841 · 8.1 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg 6,160 · 9.2 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 1.2% | 8.2% |
| Bourg-en-Bresse 42,372 · 9.2 mi | 41.4 | 23% | 2.5% | 19% |
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 Dompierre-sur-Veyle
What is the population of Dompierre-sur-Veyle?
1,245 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,192).
How old are Dompierre-sur-Veyle’s residents?
The median age is 42.2, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dompierre-sur-Veyle?
33, with occasional dwellings: 5.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dompierre-sur-Veyle?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dompierre-sur-Veyle?
€27,350 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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