Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.6% of homes are flats
21% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 2,354 residents and 920 households in Dadonville. In Dadonville, 5.1% of households have no car. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 93% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Loiret 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 Dadonville
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 5.4% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −3% change since 2012: slower than 83% 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 ±0%; 2017 to 2023, −3%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Loiret town +6%.
Half of Dadonville is over 47.1, older than 69% 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
■ Dadonville 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Nothing unusual on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Across Dadonville, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 92% of compared French towns, at 35%
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 Loiret median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 5.4%, below 98% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.5 people each.
4.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 88% 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
Empty homes make up 4.5%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 48: 2.1% of homes are second homes. The usual figure: just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €26,500 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.
Half of Dadonville’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,500 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 56% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 8.0%.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 67% of compared French towns, at 36%
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 the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Dadonville, 7%. Elsewhere, 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).
13% of residents are immigrants, more than in 81% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 6.9% in Dadonville. As a yardstick, 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.
Dadonville sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (56%)
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 single residents is 22%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (28%), Dadonville is above 87% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,354 to 2,582 people, the 15th oldest
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.
No nearby town is as old as Dadonville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dadonville | 47.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 13% |
| Pithiviers 8,856 · 0.9 mi | 40.7 | 22% | 3.7% | 24% |
| Puiseaux 3,299 · 10.1 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 3.2% | 6.8% |
| Le Malesherbois 8,016 · 10.8 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 5.1% | 15% |
| Neuville-aux-Bois 4,987 · 11.5 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
| Le Mérévillois 3,477 · 13.1 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 7.4% | 7.6% |
| Loury 2,616 · 13.6 mi | 44 | 18% | 3.3% | 4.7% |
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 Dadonville
What is the population of Dadonville?
2,354 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (2,437).
How old are Dadonville’s residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 69% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dadonville?
21, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dadonville?
INSEE counts 300 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 160 foreign nationals (6.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dadonville?
€26,500 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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