Daix is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.1
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 28% of households are one person living alone in Daix. By contrast, 23% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 92% of compared French towns. This Côte-d'Or town counted 1,515 residents and 640 households at the 2023 Census. The share of households in social housing stands at 4.2%.
Throughout this page, the Côte-d'Or 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 Daix
An older town
Half of Daix’s residents are under 53.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many graduates
55% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 26% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +7% since 2012 puts Daix ahead of 60% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Côte-d'Or town −2%.
Daix sits above 94% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (35%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Daix 53.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.4% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Daix, 7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 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 Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.3 people. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children make up about one in four here (25%).
Households without a car: 4%, a lower share than 94% 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
The share of empty homes is 4.6%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 15% of homes are flats in Daix. Few places have so few second homes: 0.9% here, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households without a car in the typical compared French town: 11%.
Standard of living at the median: €37,320 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 midpoint of living standards here is €37,320 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 97% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 97% of compared French towns: 4.7%
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, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Daix has 39%. As a yardstick, 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).
In Daix, 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 77% 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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 5% of residents are immigrants in Daix. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 63% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Côte-d'Or has 7.3%. The wider picture: 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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 tops 94% of compared French towns: 51%. To put it in context, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Daix sits above 96% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (55%)
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
10% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,515 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 Daix
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daix | 53.1 | 35% | 0.9% | 5% |
| Talant 11,896 · 0.9 mi | 45.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 12% |
| Fontaine-lès-Dijon 9,252 · 1.4 mi | 52.5 | 31% | 1.9% | 5.7% |
| Dijon 161,830 · 2.6 mi | 34.5 | 18% | 4.1% | 13% |
| Chenôve 14,244 · 3.9 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.2% | 24% |
| Saint-Apollinaire 7,544 · 4.1 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.2% |
| Longvic 8,896 · 5.1 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 1.5% | 14% |
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 Daix
What is the population of Daix?
1,515 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,413).
How old are Daix’s residents?
The median age is 53.1, older than 91% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Daix?
6, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Daix?
INSEE counts 76 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Daix?
€37,320 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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