Half of Damgan is over 67.1, older than 99% of compared French towns
1.4% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Damgan had 1,943 residents in 1,050 households at the 2023 census. Across Damgan, 71% of households are headed by a retired person. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 96% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Morbihan 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 Damgan
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 3,080 second homes and occasional dwellings in Damgan, 73% of its 4,190 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 72% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Damgan’s residents are under 67.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 57% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Damgan had 1,632 residents at the 2012 census and 1,943 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
73% of homes are second homes, more than in 99% 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
In Damgan, 23% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. On top of that, 7% of households have no car, a lower share than in 73% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A +19% change since 2012: faster than 89% 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
In two steps, +4% to 2017 and +14% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Morbihan.
More residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 57%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Damgan 67.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 4.1% of residents are 15 to 24 in Damgan. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Damgan ranks below 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 8.9%
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 Morbihan median and the France median
Living alone · share
3.9% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 1.8 people on average. More one-person households than in 52% of compared French towns: 35%.
Half above, half below €28,950 a year in standard of living
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.
Living standards centre on €28,950 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 78% of compared French towns. 10.0% of residents have a standard of living below 60% of France’s median.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 98% of compared French towns, at 4.3%
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, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Damgan, 4.8%. As a yardstick, 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).
Immigrants make up 1.8% in Damgan, less than in 94% 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.
With foreign nationals at 0.8%, Damgan is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 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.
62% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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
Single residents: 11% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
In Damgan, 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 67% 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 the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Damgan has 17%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 1,943 to 2,582 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 67.1 in Damgan.
No nearby town is as old as Damgan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damgan | 67.1 | 57% | 73% | 1.8% |
| Surzur 5,211 · 4.7 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 8% | 1.7% |
| Muzillac 5,089 · 5.5 mi | 55.4 | 37% | 7.1% | 1.7% |
| Noyal-Muzillac 2,548 · 8 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 13% | 1.2% |
| Sarzeau 9,212 · 8.2 mi | 63.6 | 47% | 56% | 2.8% |
| Theix-Noyalo 8,500 · 8.3 mi | 48 | 24% | 3.5% | 2.3% |
| Sulniac 3,852 · 10.2 mi | 41.6 | 17% | 8% | 2% |
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 Damgan
What is the population of Damgan?
1,943 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (1,632).
How old are Damgan’s residents?
The median age is 67.1, older than 99% of compared French towns. 8.2% are under 18 and 57% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Damgan?
3,080, with occasional dwellings: 73% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Damgan?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Damgan?
€28,950 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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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