1% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Dompierre has 42%. Higher than in 86% of compared French towns: 8.3% of homes are second homes. The town had 380 residents in 170 households at the 2023 census. Households in social housing account for 6.3%.
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.
Since 2012, Dompierre has changed by ±0%, slower than 70% 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 +7%, then −6% to 2023. Over those years, the median Orne town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 7.1% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dompierre 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Dompierre’s residents are over 44.5, older than in 53% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
8.5% of households are single parents, below 73% 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
The figure for couples with children is 27% in Dompierre and 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.2 people. This Orne town has more one-person households than 54% of compared French towns, at 36%.
In Dompierre, 11% of homes stand empty, more than in 82% 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
The share of households without a car is 7.2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
€23,840 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Dompierre is €23,840 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
Dompierre ranks above 95% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 47%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 91% of compared French towns: 2.1%
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.
The share of foreign nationals is 0.8%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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.
Married residents make up 47% in Dompierre, more than in 77% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 23% of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 97% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 28% of adults out of school have no qualification here. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 380 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Dompierre
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dompierre | 44.5 | 23% | 8.3% | 2.1% |
| Domfront en Poiraie 4,113 · 5.2 mi | 57.7 | 36% | 6% | 4.6% |
| Flers 14,432 · 7.7 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 2.4% | 13% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 8 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
| Rives d'Andaine 2,844 · 8.6 mi | 54.6 | 31% | 10% | 3.4% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers 3,173 · 9.1 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 9.3 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
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 Dompierre
What is the population of Dompierre?
380 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (380).
How old are Dompierre’s residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dompierre?
18, with occasional dwellings: 8.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dompierre?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dompierre?
€23,840 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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