Dolancourt: 36% of households are couples with children, above 95% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 54 households in Dolancourt at the 2023 Census, home to 124 residents. The share of households without a car stands at 7.5%. In Dolancourt, a fifth of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
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 Dolancourt
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dolancourt had 140 residents at the 2012 census and 124 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 9.1% single parents with children; 13% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 11 homes empty (17%): 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 98% of compared French towns: Dolancourt changed by −11% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Aube. Here the change came as −3% to 2017, then −9% to 2023.
Older than 74% of compared French towns: half of Dolancourt is over 48
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dolancourt 48. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
27% of households are one person living alone, below 88% 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
The average household has 2.3 people. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
17% of homes stand empty, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. For Dolancourt, the census puts second homes at 1.4%. Without a car: one household in 13, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €30,800 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.
Living standards centre on €30,800 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
Dolancourt: 45% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% 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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Dolancourt comes in at 36%. Measured more widely, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 95% of compared French towns: 1.6%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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.
Dolancourt ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
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. Set beside that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 94% 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 Dolancourt, 26% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 124 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).
Dolancourt is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolancourt | 48 | 20% | 1.4% | 1.6% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 4.7 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 4.7% | 15% |
| Brienne-le-Château 2,672 · 9.6 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 15 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
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 Dolancourt
What is the population of Dolancourt?
124 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (140).
How old are Dolancourt’s residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dolancourt?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dolancourt?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dolancourt?
€30,800 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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