Only 1.5% of households have no car in Dompierre-sur-Charente
The share of single-parent households is 17%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 42% in Dompierre-sur-Charente. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 9.8%, more than in 78% of compared French towns. The town counted 477 residents and 220 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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 Dompierre-sur-Charente
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 28 second homes and occasional dwellings in Dompierre-sur-Charente, 10% of its 280 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 2.1% of homes are flats in Dompierre-sur-Charente
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
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM); in Dompierre-sur-Charente, 7.1%. For Dompierre-sur-Charente, the census puts second homes at 10%. The usual figure: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
A −2% change since 2012: slower than 79% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Charente-Maritime town +8%. The change was −6% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023.
Dompierre-sur-Charente sits above 80% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (28%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dompierre-sur-Charente 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Dompierre-sur-Charente’s residents are over 47.1, older than in 70% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. In Dompierre-sur-Charente, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are couples with children, below 76% 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 Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.1 people on average. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Fewer one-person households than in 61% of compared French towns: 33%.
A typical living standard of €23,900 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 €23,900 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
In Dompierre-sur-Charente, 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 70% 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
On the census count, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% 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 83% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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.
With foreign nationals at 1.6%, Dompierre-sur-Charente is behind 85% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 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.
Dompierre-sur-Charente: 44% of residents 15 and over are married, above 61% 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
On the census count, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Dompierre-sur-Charente, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 60% 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, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Dompierre-sur-Charente has 17%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (477 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than Dompierre-sur-Charente: 5 of the 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dompierre-sur-Charente | 47.1 | 28% | 10% | 2.9% |
| Chaniers 3,651 · 3.7 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 4% | 2% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 7.1 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Saintes 25,363 · 7.2 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.7% | 5.5% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 8.1 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 9 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Pons 4,343 · 9 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.1% |
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 Dompierre-sur-Charente
What is the population of Dompierre-sur-Charente?
477 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (488).
How old are Dompierre-sur-Charente’s residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 70% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dompierre-sur-Charente?
28, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dompierre-sur-Charente?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dompierre-sur-Charente?
€23,900 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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