Dollon sits below 94% of compared French towns for flats (6.1%)
One in ten homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). There were 660 households in Dollon at the 2023 Census, home to 1,427 residents. Households in social housing make up about one in 26 here (3.8%). Higher than in 99% of compared French towns: 27% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Throughout this page, the Sarthe 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 Dollon
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dollon had 1,513 residents at the 2012 census and 1,427 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 120 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Dollon’s population moved −6% on 2012, less than in 90% 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 ±0% for the median Sarthe town, the change came in two steps: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
A median age of 46.1: Dollon is 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
■ Dollon 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 10%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Still, residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 61% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 95% of compared French towns: 6.1%
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 Sarthe median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few one-person households: 33% here, fewer than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children; in Dollon, 26%.
Dollon: 14% of homes stand empty, above 94% 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 13, where the median compared French town has 11%. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households without a car account for 7.8%.
Median standard of living: €24,670 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.
Half of Dollon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,670 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Dollon: 37% of households are headed by a retired person, above 71% 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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 6.8% in Dollon. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 98% of compared French towns: 1.3% of residents are immigrants
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. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Sarthe has 2.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% 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.
Single residents make up 20% in Dollon, less than in 93% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Dollon, 47%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 15%, a lower share than 97% 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
With adults with no qualification at 28%, Dollon is ahead of 87% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,427 to 2,582 people: this is the 19th 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).
Dollon sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dollon | 46.1 | 24% | 9.8% | 1.3% |
| Connerré 2,780 · 4.7 mi | 45.2 | 26% | 2.7% | 2.4% |
| Vibraye 2,523 · 7.1 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 6.1% | 1.4% |
| Montfort-le-Gesnois 2,939 · 8.2 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 2.2% | 1.1% |
| Saint-Mars-la-Brière 2,681 · 9.7 mi | 42 | 20% | 2.3% | 2.6% |
| Cherré-Au 2,758 · 10.3 mi | 50 | 28% | 2.7% | 2.2% |
| La Ferté-Bernard 8,740 · 10.5 mi | 50.4 | 31% | 3% | 6.8% |
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 Dollon
What is the population of Dollon?
1,427 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (1,513).
How old are Dollon’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 Dollon?
84, with occasional dwellings: 9.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dollon?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dollon?
€24,670 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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