Households without a car make up 4.1% in Damery, less than in 94% of compared French towns
The median age in Damery is 40.3, lower than in 78% of compared French towns. For Damery, the census puts flats at 14%. At the 2023 Census, 215 people lived locally, in 100 households. Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, two in five households are one person living alone here.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Damery
Fewer residents than in 2012
Damery had 226 residents at the 2012 census and 215 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 14 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −5% change since 2012: slower than 87% 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
The change was +4% from 2012 to 2017 and −9% from 2017 to 2023.
Damery sits above 81% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (12%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Damery 40.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 21% of residents are 65 or over here. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 51% 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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Households here average 2.2 people each.
A larger share of empty homes than 87% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across Damery, 3.4% of homes are second homes. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
€24,560 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.
Half of Damery’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,560 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Only 30% of households are headed by a retired person in Damery
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
Here, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. On households headed by a manager or professional, Damery sits higher than 53% of compared French towns: 10%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 93% of compared French towns: 1.9% 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.
Here 1% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 93% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 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.
Damery sits above 53% of compared French towns for single residents (26%)
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
For Damery, the census puts married residents at 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
30% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 22% in Damery and 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
41 French towns of 215 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Damery
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damery | 40.3 | 21% | 3.4% | 1.9% |
| Roye 5,833 · 2.9 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 6.1 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 9.5 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Moreuil 3,936 · 12 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 3% | 1.1% |
| Villers-Bretonneux 4,647 · 13.8 mi | 41 | 18% | 0.6% | 1.7% |
| Ham 4,378 · 15 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1% | 2.8% |
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 Damery
What is the population of Damery?
215 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (226).
How old are Damery’s residents?
The median age is 40.3, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Damery?
4, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Damery?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Damery?
€24,560 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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