Half of La Celle-Dunoise is over 61.3, older than 99% of compared French towns
Households in social housing make up 2.6%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 98% of compared French towns: 52% of households are headed by a retired person. La Celle-Dunoise had 534 residents in 300 households at the 2023 Census. In La Celle-Dunoise, 45% of households are one person living alone.
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 La Celle-Dunoise
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 180 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Celle-Dunoise, 31% of its 570 homes: higher than in 95% 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 La Celle-Dunoise’s residents are under 61.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Celle-Dunoise had 586 residents at the 2012 census and 534 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 100 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In La Celle-Dunoise, 31% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.6% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 21%. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the same time, the share of empty homes is 18%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
La Celle-Dunoise changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, behind 96% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −5% for the median Creuse town, the change came in two steps: −8% from 2012 to 2017, then −1% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 43% in La Celle-Dunoise, more than in 99% 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
■ La Celle-Dunoise 61.3. The median compared French town: 44.
4.5% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
La Celle-Dunoise ranks below 93% of compared French towns on couples with children: 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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 1.8 people. To put it in context, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. La Celle-Dunoise has fewer single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 5%.
Median standard of living: €24,430 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.
At €24,430 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
La Celle-Dunoise sits below 71% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (6.6%)
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 La Celle-Dunoise, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. Across the comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 70% of compared French towns: 7.1%
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.
The median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 64% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Locally, nearly one in ten residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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 47% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
La Celle-Dunoise sits above 64% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (22%)
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
At 29%, the share of graduates of higher education is lower than in 55% of compared French towns. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
2nd highest median age among 41 French towns of 534 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than La Celle-Dunoise
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Celle-Dunoise | 61.3 | 43% | 31% | 8.8% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 10.4 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 12.4 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| La Souterraine 4,978 · 14.8 mi | 51.4 | 33% | 5.6% | 8.8% |
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 La Celle-Dunoise
What is the population of La Celle-Dunoise?
534 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (586).
How old are La Celle-Dunoise’s residents?
The median age is 61.3, older than 99% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Celle-Dunoise?
180, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Celle-Dunoise?
INSEE counts 47 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.8% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (7.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Celle-Dunoise?
€24,430 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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