A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.1%
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Dompierre-sur-Yon has 22%. This Vendée town had 4,625 residents in 1,900 households at the 2023 Census. Across Dompierre-sur-Yon, 5.6% of households rent social housing (HLM). 16% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns.
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.
What stands out about the people of Dompierre-sur-Yon
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 4% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +13% since 2012, faster than 77% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +3%, then +9% to 2023.
A median age of 42.8: Dompierre-sur-Yon is younger than 60% 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
■ Dompierre-sur-Yon 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 10%, below 63% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 34% 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 Vendée median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Dompierre-sur-Yon, 4% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.4 people.
A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 2%
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
In the last two years, one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 20% have stayed 30 years or more. Fewer empty homes than in 93% of compared French towns: 3.4%. Second homes make up 1%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €27,360 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 residents live in households above €27,360 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 65% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 6.0%.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 86% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
29% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional come to 10% in Dompierre-sur-Yon, about one in ten.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Dompierre-sur-Yon, 1.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 95% 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.
0.8% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Vendée has 2.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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 Dompierre-sur-Yon, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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 Dompierre-sur-Yon, 53% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 82% of compared French towns: 13%
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
32% of Dompierre-sur-Yon’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 13% have no diploma (19%).
Of 41 French towns its size (4,589 to 4,663 people), the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Évin-Malmaison (39), the youngest, and La Tremblade (62.9), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Dompierre-sur-Yon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dompierre-sur-Yon | 42.8 | 16% | 1% | 1.6% |
| La Ferrière 5,454 · 3.6 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1.1% | 2.7% |
| Mouilleron-le-Captif 5,273 · 3.6 mi | 46 | 23% | 3.8% | 2.2% |
| Bellevigny 6,240 · 3.7 mi | 41.2 | 17% | 1% | 1.9% |
| Le Poiré-sur-Vie 8,649 · 5.3 mi | 42.1 | 18% | 1.8% | 1.3% |
| La Roche-sur-Yon 54,849 · 5.4 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 3.7% | 7.8% |
| La Chaize-le-Vicomte 3,948 · 6.6 mi | 40.1 | 16% | 3.7% | 2.2% |
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 Dompierre-sur-Yon
What is the population of Dompierre-sur-Yon?
4,625 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (4,102).
How old are Dompierre-sur-Yon’s residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dompierre-sur-Yon?
20, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dompierre-sur-Yon?
INSEE counts 76 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 37 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dompierre-sur-Yon?
€27,360 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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