Dargoire ranks above 96% of compared French towns on couples with children: 37%
The share of empty homes trails 98% of compared French towns: 2.4%. Here, 3.4% of homes are flats. At 20%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is higher than in 88% of compared French towns. There were 200 households in Dargoire at the 2023 Census, home to 524 residents.
Throughout this page, the Loire 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 Dargoire
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 7.5% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Dargoire grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 68% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Loire town +3%. The first five years brought +9%; the six to 2023, +1%.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 9% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dargoire 41.8. The median compared French town: 44.
21% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 41.8, Dargoire is younger than two thirds of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are one person living alone, below 99% 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 Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.6 people. Fewer single-parent households than in 85% of compared French towns: 7.5%. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Dargoire ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 1.5%
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
With households in social housing at 1%, Dargoire is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%. In the last two years, 2.5% of households moved in; at the other end, 33% have stayed 30 years or more. Second homes are rarer here than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
€31,320 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €31,320 a year: higher than in 89% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 12%, a lower share than 60% 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
For Dargoire, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 33%. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.5% of residents are foreign nationals, below 72% 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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 5.2% of residents are immigrants here. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals. That is lower than in just over three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loire has 5.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 60% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Dargoire has 18%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 13% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Just over two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
8th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 524 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than Dargoire: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dargoire | 41.8 | 21% | 1% | 5.2% |
| Beauvallon 4,260 · 2.3 mi | 41 | 17% | 0.9% | 3.5% |
| Chabanière 4,323 · 2.7 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 2.5% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Martin-la-Plaine 3,764 · 3.7 mi | 45.2 | 21% | 1.2% | 4.8% |
| Rive-de-Gier 15,242 · 3.8 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 0.9% | 18% |
| Mornant 6,282 · 3.9 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 1.3% | 3.5% |
| Genilac 3,839 · 4.9 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
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 Dargoire
What is the population of Dargoire?
524 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (478).
How old are Dargoire’s residents?
The median age is 41.8, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dargoire?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dargoire?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dargoire?
€31,320 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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