Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Donnement is over 54.5
Households headed by a retired person: 43%, above 90% of compared French towns. Fewer flats than in 99% of compared French towns: 1.7%. Donnement’s 38 households held 71 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 14% of households are couples with children.
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 Donnement
Fewer residents than in 2012
Donnement had 80 residents at the 2012 census and 71 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Donnement’s residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 12 homes empty (22%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Donnement has changed by −11%, slower than 98% 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 Aube town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −4% and the next six −8%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 4.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Donnement 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Donnement. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Donnement sits above 93% of compared French towns for single-parent households (14%)
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
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 43% in Donnement. For comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 1.9 people on average.
A larger share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 22%
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
2.8% of households arrived within the last two years, while 36% have stayed 30 years or more. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Donnement has more second homes than 86% of compared French towns, at 8.3%. Households without a car are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 11%.
Donnement sits above 74% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (14%)
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
Donnement has more households headed by a manual worker than 53% of compared French towns, at 14%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of Donnement’s 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.
A lower share of single residents than 91% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
Married: 47%; in a PACS: 3.6%; against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town, with 11% widowed. Set beside that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Donnement
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 figure for adults with no qualification is 23% in Donnement and 19% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (71 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
No nearby town is as old as Donnement
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donnement | 54.5 | 28% | 8.3% | 0% |
| Brienne-le-Château 2,672 · 9.4 mi | 53.3 | 32% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| Arcis-sur-Aube 2,785 · 13.5 mi | 46 | 28% | 2.2% | 5.5% |
| Vitry-le-François 10,996 · 16.2 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 Donnement
What is the population of Donnement?
71 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (80).
How old are Donnement’s residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Donnement?
4, with occasional dwellings: 8.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Donnement?
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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