A smaller share of flats than 96% of compared French towns: 4.9%
Second homes: 6.8%, above 83% of compared French towns. Domsure had 554 residents in 230 households at the 2023 Census. In Domsure, a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 6.9%, fewer than in 77% 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.
What stands out about the people of Domsure
Growing fast
Domsure had 465 residents at the 2012 census and 554 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 89% of compared French towns: Domsure changed by +19% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +5%; 2017 to 2023, +14%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.8% in Domsure, less than in 84% 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
■ Domsure 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 41.7, Domsure is younger than just over two thirds of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 20% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 27% 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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children make up 29%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.4 people share a household. Higher than in 66% of compared French towns: 11% of households are single parents. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Households without a car: 6.1%, a lower share than 80% 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
Turnover: nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 23% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Against that, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Domsure has fewer empty homes than 59% of compared French towns, at 6%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,700 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.
Half of Domsure’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,700 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Domsure sits below 78% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (27%)
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Domsure. Across the comparison, 32% 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 94% of compared French towns: 1.8%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.3% in Domsure. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Domsure
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
The figure for married residents is 49% in Domsure and 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Domsure
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Domsure comes in at 17%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 554 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Domsure
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domsure | 41.7 | 20% | 6.8% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Étienne-du-Bois 2,584 · 9.6 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Montrevel-en-Bresse 2,743 · 10.2 mi | 49.6 | 31% | 2.3% | 4.4% |
| Attignat 3,409 · 11.3 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 1.2% | 3.7% |
| Viriat 7,102 · 12.8 mi | 43 | 20% | 1.8% | 6.8% |
| Polliat 2,741 · 14.2 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Louhans-Châteaurenaud 6,446 · 14.7 mi | 55.4 | 37% | 2.9% | 6.1% |
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 Domsure
What is the population of Domsure?
554 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (465).
How old are Domsure’s residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Domsure?
18, with occasional dwellings: 6.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Domsure?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Domsure?
€23,700 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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