Domps is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 61.8
In Domps, 9.1% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. There were 56 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 98 residents. Here, 15% of homes stand empty. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Vienne 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 Domps
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Domps, 37% of its 120 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Domps’ residents are under 61.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 44% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Domps had 118 residents at the 2012 census and 98 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Domps (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 20% of residents, against 4.5% for the median compared commune in Haute-Vienne. 20% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 37% of its homes
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
Households without a car make up 8.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. For Domps, the census puts flats at 0.8%. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
Slower than most: −17% since 2012, 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved ±0%, then −17% to 2023. Over those years, the median Haute-Vienne town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%.
44% of residents are 65 or over, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Domps 61.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In Domps, 3% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Domps: 45% of households are one person living alone, above 85% of compared French towns
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 Haute-Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 1.7 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
Domps: 36% of households are headed by a retired person, above 71% 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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 11. Against that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 92% of compared French towns: 20%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Domps comes in at 20%. The median compared commune in Haute-Vienne has 4.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 92% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 14% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Married residents make up 51%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Only 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Domps
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification in Domps. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
2nd highest median age among 41 French towns of 98 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.
Domps is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domps | 61.8 | 44% | 37% | 20% |
| Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat 4,366 · 16.4 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.5% | 5.3% |
| Uzerche 2,814 · 17.1 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 9.9% | 5.6% |
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 Domps
What is the population of Domps?
98 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (118).
How old are Domps’ residents?
The median age is 61.8, older than 99% of compared French towns. 8.9% are under 18 and 44% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Domps?
44, with occasional dwellings: 37% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Domps?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 20% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (20%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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).
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