14% of homes stand empty, more than in 94% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Dormans comes in at 4.3%. The town is home to 2,890 residents in 1,390 households, by the 2023 Census. On the census count, 28% of residents are 65 or over. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 85% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Marne 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 Dormans
Empty homes
The census found 240 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 65% of compared French towns grew faster than Dormans: +1%
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
Here the change came as +2% to 2017, then −1% to 2023.
Dormans is older than 79% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dormans 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Dormans has 9.1%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Dormans ranks below 79% of compared French towns on couples with children: 19%
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 Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2 people. At 42%, the share of one-person households is higher than in three quarters of compared French towns. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car: 18%, a higher share than 78% 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
The share of second homes tops 69% of compared French towns: 3.7%. Measured more widely, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Just over a quarter of homes are flats, or about one in four. More households in social housing than in 55% of compared French towns: 14%.
A typical living standard of €25,140 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.
At €25,140 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 58% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 14.0%.
More households headed by a manual worker than 97% of compared French towns: 26%
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
Households headed by a retired person: 37% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Dormans sits below 69% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (2.8%)
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.
Immigrants: 4.9% here and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 41% in Dormans, less than in 66% 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
Few places have as many single residents: 26% here, more than in 57% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
33% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 96% 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
In Dormans, nearly a fifth of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 12th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,872 to 2,915 people
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 Avord (32.5), the oldest Batz-sur-Mer (60.3).
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Dormans
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dormans | 48.9 | 28% | 3.7% | 4.9% |
| Fère-en-Tardenois 2,836 · 10.6 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 1.9% | 3.3% |
| Château-Thierry 15,097 · 11.4 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 2.4% | 16% |
| Essômes-sur-Marne 2,691 · 13.2 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 2.3% | 9.6% |
| Épernay 22,174 · 14.5 mi | 44 | 23% | 5.2% | 11% |
| Montmirail 3,535 · 14.6 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 3.4% | 5.2% |
| Fismes 5,850 · 16.3 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
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 Dormans
What is the population of Dormans?
2,890 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (2,855).
How old are Dormans’ residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dormans?
63, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dormans?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 80 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dormans?
€25,140 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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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