1.5% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (7.7%), Donnezac is below 94% of compared French towns. Higher than in four fifths of compared French towns: 6% of homes are second homes. The town counted 926 residents and 400 households at the 2023 Census. One-person households come to 28% in the town, about three in ten.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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.
Growth of +7% since 2012 puts Donnezac ahead of 59% 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 Gironde town changed +16% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +4% and the next six +3%.
A median age of 46.5: Donnezac is older than 66% 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
■ Donnezac 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In Donnezac, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 84% of compared French towns: 7.6%
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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 29%, more than in 71% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households without a car than 80% of compared French towns: 6.1%
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
Of all households, 6.3% moved in during the last two years and 30% have stayed three decades or more. To put it in context, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By contrast, with empty homes at 9.2%, Donnezac is ahead of 74% of compared French towns on that count.
€23,080 a year: the median standard of living
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 Donnezac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,080 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
Only 5.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Donnezac
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
37% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Donnezac has more households headed by a manual worker than 73% of compared French towns, at 18%. To put it in context, 9.4% of 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).
Donnezac sits below 98% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.2%)
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 share of foreign nationals is 1.4%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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 18% in Donnezac, less than in 98% 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 tops 75% of compared French towns: 46%. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 98% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Donnezac comes in at 31%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 926 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.
Older than Donnezac: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donnezac | 46.5 | 23% | 6% | 1.2% |
| Montendre 3,222 · 4.2 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 6.9% | 4% |
| Saint-Savin 3,582 · 6.3 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac 2,586 · 6.7 mi | 37.6 | 14% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde 3,175 · 9 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.4% | 3.1% |
| Laruscade 2,811 · 9.7 mi | 39.5 | 15% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
| Cézac 2,727 · 10 mi | 39.8 | 15% | 1.1% | 3.6% |
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 Donnezac
What is the population of Donnezac?
926 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (865).
How old are Donnezac’s residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 66% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Donnezac?
28, with occasional dwellings: 6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Donnezac?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Donnezac?
€23,080 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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