Dampierre ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.2%
The figure for one-person households is 27% in Dampierre and 35% in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 5.4% of the total. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 92% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 327 residents in 140 households.
Throughout this page, the Aube 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 Dampierre
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 7.3% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 75% of compared French towns: Dampierre changed by +12% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aube town +2%. The first five years brought +3%; the six to 2023, +9%.
Dampierre is older than 76% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dampierre 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (27%), Dampierre is above 77% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Dampierre: 34% of households are couples with children, above 89% 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 Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.3 people share a household. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Dampierre has fewer single-parent households than 88% of compared French towns, at 7.3%.
1.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 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
31% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 2.1% moved in within the last two years. The wider picture: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Dampierre has more second homes than three fifths of compared French towns, at 2.8%. There is little gap on empty homes: 6.1%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €25,440 a year in standard of living
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,440 a year: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Dampierre ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 37%
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
In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Dampierre, 25%. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 1.9%, a lower share than 80% 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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Dampierre has 4%. The median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
54% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single in Dampierre. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Dampierre, 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 98% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Dampierre, 22%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (327 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than Dampierre: 1 of the 3 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dampierre | 48.4 | 27% | 2.8% | 4% |
| Arcis-sur-Aube 2,785 · 10.4 mi | 46 | 28% | 2.2% | 5.5% |
| Brienne-le-Château 2,672 · 13.3 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| Vitry-le-François 10,996 · 15.5 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.8% |
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 Dampierre
What is the population of Dampierre?
327 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (292).
How old are Dampierre’s residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dampierre?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dampierre?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dampierre?
€25,440 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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