Davayé sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (2.4%)
8% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 5.3%. Lower than in 88% of compared French towns: 9.1% of homes are flats. Davayé had 666 residents in 290 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire 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.
From 2012 to 2023, 77% of compared French towns grew faster than Davayé: −2%
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
The median Saône-et-Loire town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six −4%.
Half of Davayé is over 46.1, older than 64% 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
■ Davayé 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops just over three fifths of compared French towns: 24%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 5.3% of households are single parents
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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.3 people. 30% of households are couples with children, more than in 75% of compared French towns. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. One-person households: 32% here and 35% in the typical compared French town.
Households in social housing make up 0.3% in Davayé, less than in 99% 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
33% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.6% moved in within the last two years. More second homes than in 86% of compared French towns: 8.2%. The benchmark for households in social housing in the typical compared French town: 12%. At 7.6%, empty homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €31,120 a year in 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 Davayé is €31,120 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 89% of compared French towns.
14% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 51% 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
Households headed by a retired person come to 32% in Davayé, about three in ten.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Davayé ranks below 71% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.2%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Davayé, 2.3%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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 the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Davayé, 54%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Davayé: 39% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 78% 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification here. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (666 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Davayé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davayé | 46.1 | 24% | 8.2% | 4.2% |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon 8,227 · 2.6 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.9% | 6% |
| Mâcon 35,177 · 3.7 mi | 40.2 | 22% | 3.3% | 21% |
| Crêches-sur-Saône 3,198 · 4.4 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 0.5% | 7.1% |
| La Chapelle-de-Guinchay 4,018 · 6.1 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 3.1% | 4.4% |
| Replonges 3,956 · 6.3 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.1% | 4.3% |
| Feillens 3,411 · 7.3 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
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 Davayé
What is the population of Davayé?
666 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (677).
How old are Davayé’s residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Davayé?
28, with occasional dwellings: 8.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Davayé?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Davayé?
€31,120 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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