A median age of 57: Doissat is older than 96% of compared French towns
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Households headed by a retired person account for 50%. Nearly one in ten homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%.
Throughout this page, the Dordogne 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 Doissat
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Doissat, 28% of its 95 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Doissat had 131 residents at the 2012 census and 99 in 2023, down 24%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Doissat’s residents are under 57 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 19 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.
More second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 28%
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
Turnover: 14% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 39% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. In Doissat, 20% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Doissat changed by −24% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 99% 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
The median Dordogne town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −20% and the next six −6%.
7.8% of residents are 15 to 24, below 94% 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
■ Doissat 57. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 74% of compared French towns: 26%. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Doissat sits below 74% of compared French towns for couples with children (20%)
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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2 people on average. One-person households are more common here than in 69% of compared French towns. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Median standard of living: €22,130 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 Doissat’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,130 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
10% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 53% of compared French towns
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. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Doissat: 7.8% of residents are immigrants, above 59% 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.
For Doissat, the census puts foreign nationals at 4.9%. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Single residents make up 20% in Doissat, less than in 90% 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
The share of married residents is 48%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
28% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The share of graduates of higher education is 24%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Doissat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Doissat
What is the population of Doissat?
99 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% fewer than in 2012 (131).
How old are Doissat’s residents?
The median age is 57, older than 96% of compared French towns. 8.8% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Doissat?
27, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Doissat?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.8% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Doissat?
€22,130 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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