27% of households are one person living alone, below 89% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Don has 14%. At the 2023 Census Don was home to 1,387 people in 590 households. Census figures put second homes at 0.3% here. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 73% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Nord 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.
+1% since 2012, a pace below 65% 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, −6% to 2017 and +8% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Nord.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 19% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Don 42.2. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Don. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 42.2, Don is younger than 64% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 14%, a higher share than 91% 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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of couples with children tops 70% of compared French towns: 29%. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
15% of households rent social housing (HLM), a share 61% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 11%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 22%. Typically, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Don has fewer empty homes than 63% of compared French towns, at 5.8%. With households without a car at 9.6%, Don is behind 56% of compared French towns on that count.
At the median, €27,570 a year to live on
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 Don’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,570 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
Below 56% of compared French towns: 13% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
At 10%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is higher than in 53% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Don ranks below 93% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.9%
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, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Don, 1.4%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Don sits above 83% of compared French towns for married residents (48%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Don, 22%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 73% of compared French towns: 37%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification in Don. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,387 to 2,582 people, the 9th youngest
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 62.3 in Prayssac.
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Don are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don | 42.2 | 19% | 0.3% | 1.9% |
| Sainghin-en-Weppes 5,638 · 1.2 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 0.5% | 2.1% |
| Annœullin 10,847 · 1.6 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 0.4% | 3.3% |
| Allennes-les-Marais 3,545 · 1.6 mi | 43.1 | 18% | 0.7% | 2% |
| Wavrin 7,758 · 1.8 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 1% | 2.2% |
| Provin 4,428 · 2.4 mi | 38.8 | 16% | 0.4% | 1.3% |
| Bauvin 5,249 · 2.5 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 0.5% | 1.7% |
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 Don
What is the population of Don?
1,387 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (1,372).
How old are Don’s residents?
The median age is 42.2, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Don?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Don?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Don?
€27,570 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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