Fewer single-parent households than 90% of compared French towns: 7%
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 40% of households are headed by a retired person in Dampierre. Its 580 households held 1,314 residents at the 2023 Census. Flats: 15% of the total. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 8.9%, fewer than in three fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Jura 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.
A +2% change since 2012: slower than 63% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −1%; 2017 to 2023, +3%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Jura town −4%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 63% of compared French towns, at 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dampierre 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Dampierre’s residents are under 43.3, younger than in 55% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 11% here, about one in ten.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Jura 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 75% of compared French towns: 30%
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 Jura median and the France median
Living alone · share
By its share of couples with children (28%), Dampierre is above 67% of compared French towns. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Households here average 2.3 people each.
Households in social housing: 10%, a lower share than 59% of compared French towns
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
Second homes make up 1.2%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households in social housing in the typical compared French town: 12%. Nearly one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 18% have stayed 30 years or more. At 7.4%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €27,020 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 midpoint of living standards here is €27,020 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Dampierre sits below 68% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (6.9%)
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
In Dampierre, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten 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).
3% of residents are immigrants, below 82% of compared French towns
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.
1.5% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 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.
Dampierre sits below 73% of compared French towns for single residents (23%)
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
Across Dampierre, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Dampierre ranks below 52% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 29%
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
Here, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
41 French towns of 1,314 to 2,582 people: this is the 12th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Dampierre
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dampierre | 43.3 | 20% | 1.2% | 3% |
| Saint-Vit 5,133 · 3.6 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.8% |
| Dole 23,840 · 13.1 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 2% | 13% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 13.8 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 13.8 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 13.9 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 13.9 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
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 Dampierre
What is the population of Dampierre?
1,314 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (1,294).
How old are Dampierre’s residents?
The median age is 43.3, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dampierre?
8, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dampierre?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dampierre?
€27,020 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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