A larger share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 32%
The figure for flats is 1.5% in Dominois and 30% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 168, in 78 households. On the census count, 6.3% of households are single parents. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Dominois
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 42 second homes and occasional dwellings in Dominois, 32% of its 130 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 67% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Dominois had 203 residents at the 2012 census and 168 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer households without a car than 70% of compared French towns: 7.5%
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
Turnover: 15% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 24% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Across the comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. On empty homes, Dominois sits higher than 73% of compared French towns: 9.1%.
Since 2012, Dominois has changed by −17%, slower than 99% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −3% in Somme.
Dominois is older than 76% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dominois 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Dominois, 12%. Higher than in 75% of compared French towns: 27% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Above 81% of compared French towns: 31% of households are couples with children
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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children. Dominois has fewer one-person households than 70% of compared French towns, at 31%.
€25,110 a year: the median 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 Dominois is €25,110 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Dominois: 37% of households are headed by a retired person, above 76% 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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Dominois has 19%. As a yardstick, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Across Dominois, 6.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Dominois, 3.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 78% of compared French towns
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.
2.3% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Dominois sits above 72% of compared French towns for married residents (46%)
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
The share of single residents is 24%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
29% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 89% 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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 168 to 2,582
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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Dominois, 5 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominois | 48.3 | 27% | 32% | 3.5% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 8.8 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Rue 2,987 · 8.9 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 11% | 1.3% |
| Verton 2,571 · 10.2 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 13% | 1.5% |
| Rang-du-Fliers 4,297 · 11.4 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 7.5% | 2.6% |
| Berck 12,951 · 13.2 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 40% | 2.7% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 13.5 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
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 Dominois
What is the population of Dominois?
168 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (203).
How old are Dominois’ residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dominois?
42, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dominois?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dominois?
€25,110 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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