A median age of 59.8: Dompnac is older than 98% of compared French towns
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 2% of households have no car, or about one in 50. At the 2023 Census Dompnac was home to 78 people in 52 households. The share of flats is 3.3%, against 30% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Ardèche 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 Dompnac
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 66 second homes and occasional dwellings in Dompnac, 55% of its 120 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Dompnac’s residents are under 59.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 2.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
60% of Dompnac’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 37% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 55%, a higher share than 98% 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
By its share of empty homes (2.5%), Dompnac is below 97% of compared French towns. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 18%.
A +7% change since 2012: Dompnac grew faster than 59% 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 Ardèche town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −15% and the next six +26%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns: 42%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dompnac 59.8. The median compared French town: 44.
3.9% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
40% women, 60% men
About 67 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Dompnac sits above 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (60%)
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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 1.5 people share a household. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Dompnac: 50% of households are headed by a retired person, above 97% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. 10% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in ten.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 9.1%, a higher share than 66% 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.
Foreign nationals: 6.5%, above 67% of compared French towns. The median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 66% 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.
44% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 99% 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
With married residents at 34%, Dompnac is behind 92% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Dompnac sits below 99% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (5.7%)
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
The share of graduates of higher education is 36%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 78 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Dompnac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dompnac | 59.8 | 42% | 55% | 9.1% |
| Les Vans 2,662 · 10.7 mi | 58.6 | 39% | 25% | 8.7% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 2,920 · 13.5 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| Aubenas 12,416 · 14.3 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5.3% | 12% |
| Vals-les-Bains 3,474 · 14.4 mi | 56.1 | 36% | 24% | 5.2% |
| Langogne 2,836 · 17.2 mi | 52 | 32% | 18% | 5.7% |
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 Dompnac
What is the population of Dompnac?
78 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (73).
How old are Dompnac’s residents?
The median age is 59.8, older than 98% of compared French towns. 6.5% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dompnac?
66, with occasional dwellings: 55% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dompnac?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.1% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (6.5%). 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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