Half of Damigny is over 55.1, older than 94% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Damigny comes in at 6.6%. This Orne town had 2,446 residents in 1,270 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 45% of households are headed by a retired person in the town. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 7.6%, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Orne 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 Damigny
Fewer residents than in 2012
Damigny had 2,763 residents at the 2012 census and 2,446 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Damigny’s residents are under 55.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−11% since 2012, a pace below 98% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −5% for the median Orne town, the change came in two steps: −7% from 2012 to 2017, then −5% to 2023.
Damigny sits above 96% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (37%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Damigny 55.1. The median compared French town: 44.
14% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
14% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 94% 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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 1.8 people in the average household. Damigny has more one-person households than 87% of compared French towns, at 46%. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Damigny sits below 73% of compared French towns for flats (17%)
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
At 3%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. Across Damigny, 6.6% of homes stand empty. Households without a car are more common here than in just over half of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €27,750 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.
The median standard of living in Damigny is €27,750 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 68% of compared French towns. 7.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
10% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 74% of compared French towns
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
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Damigny has 12%. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.6% of residents are immigrants in Damigny
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.
1.9% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. That is lower than in 85% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 26%, a higher share than 57% 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
The share of married residents stands at 44%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 22%, a higher share than 64% 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
28% of Damigny’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 22% have no diploma (19%).
6th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,446 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Damigny and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damigny | 55.1 | 37% | 3% | 2.6% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 1.6 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 2 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe 2,928 · 11.3 mi | 51 | 33% | 7% | 2.2% |
| Sées 4,168 · 11.8 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 15.3 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 17.8 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
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 Damigny
What is the population of Damigny?
2,446 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (2,763).
How old are Damigny’s residents?
The median age is 55.1, older than 94% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Damigny?
42, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Damigny?
INSEE counts 65 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 46 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Damigny?
€27,750 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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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