Dienne is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.5
The share of flats is 4.4%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Dienne had 235 residents in 120 households at the 2023 Census. Roughly one in ten: just over one in ten households are couples with children. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Cantal 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 Dienne
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 97 second homes and occasional dwellings in Dienne, 36% of its 270 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dienne had 263 residents at the 2012 census and 235 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Dienne’s residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 55 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Dienne: 36% of homes are second homes, above 96% 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
Households without a car: 14% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 20% of the total.
From 2012 to 2023, 98% of compared French towns grew faster than Dienne: −11%
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
In two steps, +4% to 2017 and −14% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −3% in Cantal.
Above 86% of compared French towns: 30% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dienne 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Dienne comes in at 8.7%. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns, at 16%
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 Cantal median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2 people. 47% of households are one person living alone, more than in 88% of compared French towns. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,550 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.
The median standard of living in Dienne is €23,550 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Only 8.2% of households are headed by a manual worker in Dienne
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. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Locally, 30% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Dienne sits below 95% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.7%)
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.
Here 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Dienne ranks below 98% of compared French towns on married residents: 30%
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
31% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Dienne, 25% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 76% 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
Graduates of higher education: 24% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 235 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Dienne and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dienne | 54.5 | 30% | 36% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Flour 6,391 · 16.1 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.3% | 4.7% |
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 Dienne
What is the population of Dienne?
235 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (263).
How old are Dienne’s residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dienne?
97, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dienne?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dienne?
€23,550 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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