Le Donzeil sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (0.5%)
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Le Donzeil comes in at 5.3%. 186 residents in 97 households: that is Le Donzeil at the 2023 Census. Households without a car make up about one in 24 here (4.1%). On one-person households, Le Donzeil sits higher than 77% of compared French towns: 42%.
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 Le Donzeil
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 58 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Donzeil, 30% of its 190 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 39 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.
A larger share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 30%
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. 20% of homes stand empty.
A change of +1% since 2012 leaves Le Donzeil behind 65% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +2%, then −1% to 2023. Over those years, the median Creuse town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26%, a higher share than 72% 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
■ Le Donzeil 47. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 47, Le Donzeil is older than 69% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over. Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, or about one in nine.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
In Le Donzeil, 16% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 88% 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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 1.9 people. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Here just over one in ten households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%.
At the median, €20,880 a year to live on
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 €20,880 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
Only 5.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Le Donzeil
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
The share of households headed by a retired person tops 73% of compared French towns: 37%. Set beside that, 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).
Immigrants make up 4.8% in Le Donzeil, less than in 66% 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.
The median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 66% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 21: 4.8% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of married residents than 97% of compared French towns, at 31%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Le Donzeil comes in at 31%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 13% in Le Donzeil, less than in 85% 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
Here 37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 186 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Le Donzeil and its 3 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Donzeil | 47 | 26% | 30% | 4.8% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 9.2 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 10.3 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 11.2 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
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 Le Donzeil
What is the population of Le Donzeil?
186 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (184).
How old are Le Donzeil’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Donzeil?
58, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Donzeil?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (4.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Donzeil?
€20,880 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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