A median age of 57.5: Donzy is older than 97% of compared French towns
In Donzy, 3.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. This Nièvre town counted 1,525 residents and 790 households at the 2023 Census. Couples with children come to 12% locally, about one in ten. Few places have so few flats: 13% here, fewer than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Nièvre 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 Donzy
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 200 second homes and occasional dwellings in Donzy, 18% of its 1,150 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Donzy’s residents are under 57.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
48% of Donzy’s households are one person: higher than in 90% of compared French towns; 32% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 160 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.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 18% of homes are second homes
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 Donzy, 9.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 14% of the total. Households without a car are more common here than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
Donzy’s population moved −5% on 2012, less than in 87% 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, −1% to 2017 and −4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −8% in Nièvre.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of compared French towns, at 39%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Donzy 57.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Donzy has 6.4%. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More one-person households than 90% of compared French towns: 48%
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 Nièvre median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 8.7%, below 70% of compared French towns. There are 1.8 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
A median of €23,230 a year per consumption unit
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 Donzy’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,230 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 92% of compared French towns: 44%
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
Locally, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. 3.1% of Donzy’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 44% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Donzy, 2.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 83% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Donzy has 2%. 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.
38% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 79% 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: 24% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Donzy, 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 95% 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
Here 27% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,525 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Donzy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donzy | 57.5 | 39% | 18% | 2.9% |
| Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire 9,733 · 8.7 mi | 54.4 | 36% | 8.3% | 6.7% |
| La Charité-sur-Loire 4,705 · 14.2 mi | 54 | 36% | 6.7% | 5.7% |
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 Donzy
What is the population of Donzy?
1,525 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,602).
How old are Donzy’s residents?
The median age is 57.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Donzy?
200, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Donzy?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Donzy?
€23,230 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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