A median age of 54.8: Saint-Domet is older than 94% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Saint-Domet comes in at 5.9%. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 24%. 2.9% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. The town is home to 160 residents in 83 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Saint-Domet
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 45 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Domet, 26% of its 170 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 93% 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 Saint-Domet’s residents are under 54.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 44 homes empty (25%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
47% of Saint-Domet’s households are one person: higher than in 89% of compared French towns; 42% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Second homes: 26% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The census found that 7.1% of households have no car in Saint-Domet.
A change of −3% since 2012 leaves Saint-Domet behind 81% 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 +7%, and from 2017 to 2023 −9%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Creuse town −5%.
4.3% of residents are 15 to 24, below 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
■ Saint-Domet 54.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 32%, above 90% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
Saint-Domet: 47% of households are one person living alone, above 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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of couples with children trails 59% of compared French towns: 24%. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 1.9 people in the average household.
A median standard of living of €21,300 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 Saint-Domet’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,300 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
Saint-Domet ranks above 65% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 35%
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 figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 12% in Saint-Domet and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. On average, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Domet: 6.1% of residents are immigrants
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.
Locally, 3.7% of residents are foreign nationals. That is lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%.
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 Saint-Domet, less than in 84% 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
Across Saint-Domet, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Saint-Domet ranks below 93% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 17%
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
Adults with no qualification: 27% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 160 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.
Saint-Domet and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Domet | 54.8 | 32% | 26% | 6.1% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 8.6 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
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 Saint-Domet
What is the population of Saint-Domet?
160 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (165).
How old are Saint-Domet’s residents?
The median age is 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Domet?
45, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Domet?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Domet?
€21,300 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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