Above 96% of compared French towns: 37% of households are couples with children
In Dieudonné, 16% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Dieudonné was home to 987 people in 360 households. Here, 4.7% of households rent social housing (HLM). This Oise town has fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.8%.
Throughout this page, the Oise 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 Dieudonné
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 15% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Dieudonné had 844 residents at the 2012 census and 987 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +17% since 2012 puts Dieudonné ahead of 85% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −3%, then +21% to 2023. Over those years, the median Oise town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Dieudonné is under 42.3, younger than 63% 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
■ Dieudonné 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.
12% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 15%
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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Dieudonné comes in at 15%. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.7 people share a household.
3.6% of homes are flats, fewer than in 98% 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 the last two years, 7.9% of households moved in; at the other end, 23% have stayed 30 years or more. On empty homes, Dieudonné sits lower than 91% of compared French towns: 3.6%. Little separates the share of second homes here, 1.7%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
€29,500 a year: the median 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.
The median standard of living in Dieudonné is €29,500 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
Only 21% of households are headed by a retired person in Dieudonné
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
5.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%. Locally, 19% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 4.2%, a lower share than 71% 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.
Put another way, about one in 25: 4% of residents are foreign nationals. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
56% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Dieudonné. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Dieudonné sits below 78% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (14%)
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
A third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (987 to 2,582 people), the 10th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Dieudonné is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dieudonné | 42.3 | 16% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
| Neuilly-en-Thelle 4,127 · 1.9 mi | 36.7 | 14% | 0.9% | 6.4% |
| Bornel 4,832 · 2.7 mi | 40.7 | 17% | 1.4% | 6.6% |
| Andeville 3,434 · 4.1 mi | 39 | 15% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Chambly 9,959 · 4.5 mi | 40.1 | 17% | 0.9% | 8.6% |
| Sainte-Geneviève 3,505 · 4.6 mi | 36.6 | 13% | 1.4% | 5.9% |
| Méru 13,897 · 5.1 mi | 36.7 | 15% | 0.7% | 19% |
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 Dieudonné
What is the population of Dieudonné?
987 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (844).
How old are Dieudonné’s residents?
The median age is 42.3, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dieudonné?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dieudonné?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dieudonné?
€29,500 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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