Photo: Patafisik · CC BY-SA 4.0A higher share of flats than 85% of compared French towns, at 62%
In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM); in Domène, 18%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 6,835, in 3,220 households. Locally, 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional. The median age here is 42.8, lower than in three fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Isère 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.
From 2012 to 2023, 54% of compared French towns grew faster than Domène: +4%
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +7% in Isère. Here the change came as +2% to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
11% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 58% 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
■ Domène 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In Domène, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 38%, a higher share than 62% 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 Isère median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.1 people on average. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. At 24%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 57% of compared French towns. Single-parent households make up 9.9%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of empty homes than 70% of compared French towns, at 5.3%
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
One household in eight has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Higher than in 59% of compared French towns: 13% of households have no car. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Here, 1.3% of homes are second homes.
At the median, €27,460 a year to live on
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 residents live in households above €27,460 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 66% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 9.0% of residents.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 56% of compared French towns: 31%
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
Higher than in just over half of compared French towns: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Across the comparison, 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).
Above 66% of compared French towns: 9% 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.
Foreign nationals account for 4.8%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
41% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 61% 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
Put another way, about one in four: 26% of residents 15 and over are single. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 73% of compared French towns: 37%
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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, a lower share than in 57% of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 18th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 36.9 in Merville to 60.6 in Nyons.
Around Domène, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domène | 42.8 | 22% | 1.3% | 9% |
| Le Versoud 4,900 · 1.8 mi | 41.6 | 17% | 0.7% | 6.7% |
| Montbonnot-Saint-Martin 5,698 · 2.1 mi | 45.1 | 24% | 1.8% | 6.8% |
| Gières 7,376 · 2.7 mi | 36 | 16% | 3.9% | 11% |
| Meylan 18,770 · 2.9 mi | 45.7 | 27% | 3.3% | 9.5% |
| Saint-Ismier 7,165 · 3.1 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 2.4% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Martin-d'Uriage 5,587 · 3.5 mi | 46.7 | 23% | 6.3% | 5.5% |
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 Domène
What is the population of Domène?
6,835 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (6,588).
How old are Domène’s residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Domène?
44, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Domène?
INSEE counts 620 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9% of residents, and 330 foreign nationals (4.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Domène?
€27,460 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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