Donzac is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.4
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Donzac has 3.4%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 122 residents and 59 households in the town. For Donzac, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 42%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Donzac
Fewer residents than in 2012
Donzac had 156 residents at the 2012 census and 122 in 2023, down 22%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Donzac’s residents are under 53.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 11 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −22% since 2012 leaves Donzac behind 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Gironde town +16%. The change was −24% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023.
5% 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
■ Donzac 53.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Donzac comes in at 29%. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 79 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Donzac sits below 59% of compared French towns for one-person households (33%)
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1 people share a household. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There is little gap on couples with children: 25%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 16% of homes stand empty
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
17% of households moved in less than two years ago; 38% have been in their home 30 years or more. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. With second homes at 4.2%, Donzac is ahead of 73% of compared French towns on that count.
A typical living standard of €27,130 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.
The median standard of living in Donzac is €27,130 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 25% in Donzac, less than in 83% 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 share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 81% of compared French towns: 17%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Donzac ranks below 72% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.2%
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.
5% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 20. Elsewhere, 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.
Donzac ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 13%
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 51%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 12% of adults out of school have no qualification in Donzac
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
31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, or about one in three. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 122 to 2,582 people
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 younger than Donzac
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 Donzac
What is the population of Donzac?
122 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% fewer than in 2012 (156).
How old are Donzac’s residents?
The median age is 53.4, older than 91% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Donzac?
3, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Donzac?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Donzac?
€27,130 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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