A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.2%
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM) in La Dornac. At the 2023 Census La Dornac was home to 407 people in 190 households. Locally, 2.6% of households have no car. More households headed by a manual worker than in 97% of compared French towns: 26%.
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 La Dornac
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Dornac, 18% of its 250 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Dornac ranks above 93% of compared French towns on second homes: 18%
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
On empty homes, 6% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 19% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.4% moved in within the last two years.
A change of −2% since 2012 leaves La Dornac behind 77% 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 −1% for the median Dordogne town, the change came in two steps: −4% from 2012 to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
A median age of 47.8: La Dornac is older than 74% 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 Dornac 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here. For La Dornac, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Only 31% of households are one person living alone in La Dornac
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
23% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.1 people. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,590 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.
Living standards centre on €27,590 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 67% of compared French towns.
Above 86% of compared French towns: 41% of households are headed by a retired person
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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 7.7% in La Dornac. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 98% of compared French towns: 1.2% 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.
The median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up about one in 83 here (1.2%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in La Dornac
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
Just over two in five residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 87% 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
Graduates of higher education account for 31%. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 407 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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than La Dornac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Dornac | 47.8 | 23% | 18% | 1.2% |
| Terrasson-Lavilledieu 6,218 · 4.2 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche 5,091 · 6.7 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Montignac-Lascaux 2,762 · 8.8 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 22% | 5.4% |
| Brive-la-Gaillarde 47,095 · 10.5 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 4.5% | 11% |
| Ussac 4,322 · 11.3 mi | 48.7 | 25% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
| Cosnac 3,044 · 12.3 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
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 Dornac
What is the population of La Dornac?
407 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (414).
How old are La Dornac’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 74% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Dornac?
46, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Dornac?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Dornac?
€27,590 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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