9.3% of households are couples with children, below 99% of compared French towns
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 45% of households are headed by a retired person in Domeyrot. About one in 77: that is how common flats are in Domeyrot (1.3%). Empty homes are more common here than in four fifths of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 229 residents in 120 households.
Throughout this page, the Creuse 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 Domeyrot
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 80 second homes and occasional dwellings in Domeyrot, 36% of its 220 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Domeyrot’s residents are under 54.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
48% of Domeyrot’s households are one person: higher than in 91% of compared French towns; 40% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 36% of homes are second homes
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 make up 7.1%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 59% of compared French towns grew faster than Domeyrot: +3%
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Creuse town −5%. The first five years brought +1%; the six to 2023, +2%.
A median age of 54.7: Domeyrot is older than 93% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Domeyrot 54.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 28% in Domeyrot and 22% in the typical compared French town. Still, at 6%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 91% of compared French towns, at 48%
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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 1.8 people share a household. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in three quarters of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €20,740 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.
Half of Domeyrot’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €20,740 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (45%)
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 62% 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.
About one in 20: that is how common foreign nationals are in Domeyrot (5.1%). 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.
Married residents make up 37% in Domeyrot, less than in 85% 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
Here, just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 73% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Domeyrot. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 229 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Domeyrot is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domeyrot | 54.7 | 28% | 36% | 5.1% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 13.5 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 14.5 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
| Huriel 2,536 · 18 mi | 48.5 | 27% | 4% | 2.5% |
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 Domeyrot
What is the population of Domeyrot?
229 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (223).
How old are Domeyrot’s residents?
The median age is 54.7, older than 93% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Domeyrot?
80, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Domeyrot?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Domeyrot?
€20,740 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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