Half of Dohis is over 56.3, older than 95% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Dohis had 84 residents in 42 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, half of households are headed by a retired person. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; locally, 38%.
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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 Dohis
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 8 second homes and occasional dwellings in Dohis, 13% of its 61 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dohis had 99 residents at the 2012 census and 84 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Dohis’ residents are under 56.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 11 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 18%
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
4.9% of households arrived within the last two years, while 44% have stayed 30 years or more. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 13%, more than in 90% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In Dohis, 15% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Dohis has changed by −15%, slower than 99% 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 change was ±0% from 2012 to 2017 and −15% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aisne town −4%.
In Dohis, 41% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 98% 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
■ Dohis 56.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.8%, Dohis is behind 68% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Dohis sits below 97% of compared French towns for couples with children (13%)
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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2 people share a household. Dohis has more single-parent households than 83% of compared French towns, at 13%. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
The largest group of households: retired (50%)
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of Dohis’ 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.
Immigrants are rarer here 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.
Dohis sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (15%)
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 share of married residents is 37%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 41% in Dohis, more than in 99% 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
Nearly a fifth of Dohis’ residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 41% have no diploma (19%).
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 84 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Dohis is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dohis | 56.3 | 41% | 13% | 0% |
| Saint-Michel 3,199 · 10.8 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 3.4% |
| Hirson 8,469 · 11.3 mi | 43.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.4% |
| Vervins 2,549 · 11.3 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 2.2% | 4.2% |
| Anor 3,099 · 15.8 mi | 41.3 | 21% | 3% | 6.6% |
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 Dohis
What is the population of Dohis?
84 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (99).
How old are Dohis’ residents?
The median age is 56.3, older than 95% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dohis?
8, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dohis?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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