A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.9%
With single-parent households at 5.7%, Doix lès Fontaines is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. On the census count, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker. 4.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 87% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,779, in 720 households.
Throughout this page, the Vendée 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.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Doix lès Fontaines behind 58% 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 median Vendée town changed +9% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six +4%.
Doix lès Fontaines: 25% of residents are 65 or over, above 67% 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
■ Doix lès Fontaines 43. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Doix lès Fontaines is 43, lower than in 58% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. About one in 11: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Doix lès Fontaines (9.2%).
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are one person living alone, below 84% 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 Vendée median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 31% of households are couples with children here. The average household has 2.4 people. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
4.8% of households have no car, fewer than in 90% 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
Of all households, 8.6% moved in during the last two years and 27% have stayed three decades or more. Typically, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. 5.6% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 79% of compared French towns. Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 8.4% of homes stand empty in Doix lès Fontaines.
Standard of living at the median: €25,000 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,000 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
Only 4.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Doix lès Fontaines
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
37% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 87% of compared French towns: 2.5%
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.
Foreign nationals: 2%, below 78% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
In Doix lès Fontaines, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 95% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, nearly half of residents 15 and over are married here. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 19%, a lower share than 89% 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
25% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
12th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,779 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Doix lès Fontaines
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doix lès Fontaines | 43 | 25% | 5.6% | 2.5% |
| Fontenay-le-Comte 14,059 · 4.1 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 3.1% | 7.5% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay 3,063 · 10 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 5.9% | 1.7% |
| Benet 4,089 · 10.2 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 4.7% | 2.2% |
| Marans 4,476 · 11 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 4.1% | 2.6% |
| Magné 2,728 · 13.9 mi | 57.7 | 37% | 4.8% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Hermine 3,611 · 15.9 mi | 42.4 | 22% | 5.2% | 3.1% |
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 Doix lès Fontaines
What is the population of Doix lès Fontaines?
1,779 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,729).
How old are Doix lès Fontaines’ residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Doix lès Fontaines?
47, with occasional dwellings: 5.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Doix lès Fontaines?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 36 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Doix lès Fontaines?
€25,000 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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