48% of households are couples with children, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Dienné has 3.9%. Second homes: 6.4% of the total. At 5.7%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 83% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 581 residents and 220 households locally.
Throughout this page, the Vienne 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 Dienné
A town of families
48% of households are couples with children and 4.4% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Dienné’s residents are under 38.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +8% since 2012, faster than 64% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +5%; from 2017 to 2023, +4%.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 13% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dienné 38.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In Dienné, 8.3% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age in the town is 38.8, lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Only 22% of households are one person living alone in Dienné
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 Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.6 people in the average household. On single-parent households, Dienné sits lower than 99% of compared French towns: 4.4%. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
0.4% of homes are flats, below 99% 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, 5.3% moved in during the last two years and 17% have stayed three decades or more. On average, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few empty homes: 5.5% here, fewer than in two thirds of compared French towns.
€27,390 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 residents live in households above €27,390 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 78% of compared French towns: 16%. Locally, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker. Against that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.9% of residents are immigrants in Dienné
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.
With foreign nationals at 1%, Dienné is behind 94% of compared French towns on that count. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Vienne has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 93% 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: 16%, a lower share than 99% 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
Married residents: 50% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Dienné ranks below 91% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 11%
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
Graduates of higher education: 32% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 581 to 2,582 people
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.
Dienné is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dienné | 38.8 | 13% | 6.4% | 1.9% |
| Nieuil-l'Espoir 2,631 · 5.3 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 0.7% | 1.9% |
| Valdivienne 2,715 · 5.7 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Nouaillé-Maupertuis 2,975 · 7.6 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.9% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Julien-l'Ars 2,880 · 8.3 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Chauvigny 7,007 · 9.8 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 5.2% | 2.7% |
| Mignaloux-Beauvoir 5,229 · 10 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 1.7% | 6% |
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 Dienné
What is the population of Dienné?
581 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (536).
How old are Dienné’s residents?
The median age is 38.8, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dienné?
16, with occasional dwellings: 6.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dienné?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dienné?
€27,390 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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