Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.3%
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Dommartin has 6%. 2,687 residents in 1,090 households: that is Dommartin at the 2023 Census. Households in social housing: 2.7% of the total. One-person households are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Rhône 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 Dommartin
Many graduates
58% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 27% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 67% of compared French towns: Dommartin changed by +1% since 2012
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Rhône town +10%. The first five years brought −4%; the six to 2023, +4%.
Dommartin is older than 78% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dommartin 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.5%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over: nearly a quarter of the total.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Dommartin sits below 91% of compared French towns for single-parent households (6.9%)
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 Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.4 people. Typically, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Higher than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 31% of households are couples with children.
Empty homes: 2.8%, a lower share than 96% 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
Nothing unusual on second homes: 1.7%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Locally, 15% of homes are flats.
A median standard of living of €39,420 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €39,420 a year: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 3.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 97% of compared French towns: 30%
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
Lower than in 54% of compared French towns: 32% of households are headed by a retired person. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 80% of compared French towns, at 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.
With immigrants at 4%, Dommartin is behind 73% of compared French towns on that count. Foreign nationals: 4.3% 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.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 55%
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 Dommartin, a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 97% of compared French towns: 58%
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
Adults with no qualification: 11% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
16th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,650 to 2,724
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 Roissy-en-France (34), the youngest, and Piriac-sur-Mer (63.6), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Dommartin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dommartin | 48.8 | 23% | 1.7% | 4% |
| La Tour-de-Salvagny 4,649 · 1.5 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.5% |
| Lozanne 3,182 · 1.9 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 0.9% | 5.7% |
| Lissieu 3,181 · 2 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 6.9% | 8.1% |
| Dardilly 9,221 · 2.4 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 5.1% | 8.2% |
| Lentilly 6,623 · 2.5 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 1.1% | 4.7% |
| Chazay-d'Azergues 4,410 · 2.9 mi | 43 | 20% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
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 Dommartin
What is the population of Dommartin?
2,687 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,671).
How old are Dommartin’s residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dommartin?
19, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dommartin?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 52 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dommartin?
€39,420 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 3.0% 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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