A higher share of couples with children than 93% of compared French towns, at 35%
5% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 1,003 residents in 410 households. Households without a car: 4.3% of the total. At 3.4%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Eure-et-Loir 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 Digny
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 59 second homes and occasional dwellings in Digny, 11% of its 510 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Digny ranks above 89% of compared French towns on second homes: 11%
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
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Digny, 9.4%. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 19% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.8% moved in within the last two years.
Slower growth than 62% of compared French towns: Digny changed by +2% since 2012
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
In two steps, −1% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Eure-et-Loir.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 89% of compared French towns: 15%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Digny 40.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Digny comes in at 9.9%. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Half of the town’s residents are under 40.3, younger than in 77% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Digny sits below 91% of compared French towns for one-person households (26%)
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 Eure-et-Loir median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.5 people in the average household. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 11%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,390 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 Digny’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,390 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 18% in Digny, more than in 75% 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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 30% in Digny and 32% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. In Digny, 9.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 83% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Digny, 2.8%. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Eure-et-Loir has 7.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Digny ranks above 78% of compared French towns on married residents: 47%
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Digny. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 65% of compared French towns, at 26%
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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 18% in Digny. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Among 41 French towns of 1,003 to 2,582 people, the 4th youngest
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).
Every neighbor is older than Digny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digny | 40.3 | 15% | 11% | 2.9% |
| Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais 2,641 · 5.4 mi | 44.6 | 26% | 1.6% | 5.3% |
| Senonches 3,045 · 5.4 mi | 53.9 | 33% | 8.6% | 2.7% |
| La Loupe 3,191 · 7.4 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
| Courville-sur-Eure 2,791 · 7.5 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 3.4% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Eure 2,797 · 12.6 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2% | 4% |
| Lèves 5,685 · 15.7 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 0.6% | 4.5% |
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 Digny
What is the population of Digny?
1,003 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (986).
How old are Digny’s residents?
The median age is 40.3, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Digny?
59, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Digny?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Digny?
€25,390 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.