Above 99% of compared French towns: 18% of homes stand empty
The share of households in social housing is 2.6%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 1,109 people lived in Doyet, in 540 households. The census found that 8.3% of homes are flats here. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 95% of compared French towns: 7.7%.
Throughout this page, the Allier 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 Doyet
Fewer residents than in 2012
Doyet had 1,237 residents at the 2012 census and 1,109 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 130 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.
Slower growth than 97% of compared French towns: Doyet changed by −10% 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
Here the change came as −4% to 2017, then −6% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Allier.
Doyet is older than 79% of compared French towns: a median age of 49
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Doyet 49. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 26%, Doyet is ahead of 74% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 80% of compared French towns: 19%
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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.1 people share a household. Just over one in ten households are single parents, a higher share than in 78% of compared French towns. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. By its share of one-person households (39%), Doyet is above 65% of compared French towns.
4% of homes are second homes, more than in 71% 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
11% of households arrived within the last two years, while 26% have stayed 30 years or more. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Doyet has fewer households without a car than 55% of compared French towns, at 9.8%.
Median standard of living: €24,170 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 residents live in households above €24,170 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 20% in Doyet, more than in 84% 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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 6.5% in Doyet. Put another way, about one in three: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.3% in Doyet, less than in 88% of compared French towns
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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 1% in Doyet and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 88% 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.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 74% of compared French towns
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
44% are married and 5.3% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 9.5% are widowed. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Doyet ranks below 88% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 19%
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
23% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,109 to 2,582 people), the 15th oldest
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.
Around Doyet, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doyet | 49 | 26% | 4% | 2.3% |
| Commentry 6,017 · 4.2 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 2.4% | 4.6% |
| Désertines 4,259 · 8.3 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 1.5% | 5% |
| Montluçon 33,147 · 9.4 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Prémilhat 2,540 · 11.4 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 2.3% | 5.9% |
| Domérat 8,622 · 12 mi | 53.5 | 33% | 1.6% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Éloy-les-Mines 3,480 · 12.1 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 4.8% | 6.2% |
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 Doyet
What is the population of Doyet?
1,109 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (1,237).
How old are Doyet’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Doyet?
28, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Doyet?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Doyet?
€24,170 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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