Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.6%
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Domaize comes in at 7.9%. The town has fewer households in social housing than 95% of compared French towns, at 2.6%. In 2023, the Census found 386 residents here, living in 180 households. The share of households without a car stands at 6%.
Throughout this page, the Puy-de-Dôme 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 Domaize
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 83 second homes and occasional dwellings in Domaize, 29% of its 290 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Domaize’s residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 29%, a higher share than 95% 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
Car-free households: one in 17, where the median compared French town has 11%. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In Domaize, nearly one in ten homes stand empty.
+1% since 2012, a pace below 68% 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 +4% for the median Puy-de-Dôme town, the change came in two steps: +1% from 2012 to 2017, then −1% to 2023.
A median age of 51.3: Domaize is older than 87% 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
■ Domaize 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over in Domaize.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
7.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 83% 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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Domaize has 37%. Typically, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There are 2.1 people in the average household. Nearly a quarter of households are couples with children, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €24,180 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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,180 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 85% of compared French towns: 41%
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Domaize comes in at 16%. The town has fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 62% of compared French towns, at 7.7%. For comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.8% of residents are immigrants in Domaize
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.
3.2% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Domaize ranks below 64% of compared French towns on single residents: 24%
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
Just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 14% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 55% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 386 to 2,582 people: this is the 11th oldest
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).
Domaize is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Domaize
What is the population of Domaize?
386 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (384).
How old are Domaize’s residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Domaize?
83, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Domaize?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Domaize?
€24,180 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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