Dissay ranks below 95% of compared French towns on households without a car: 3.9%
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten homes are flats here. At the 2023 Census, 3,101 people lived in Dissay, in 1,370 households. Here, 31% of households are one person living alone. Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in 72% of compared French towns: 19%.
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.
−1% since 2012, a pace below 75% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Vienne town, the change came in two steps: +3% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Half of Dissay is under 42.3, younger than 63% 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
■ Dissay 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Dissay has 10%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
27% of households are couples with children, a share 62% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households here average 2.3 people each. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Single-parent households are more common here than in 59% of compared French towns.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 4.7% of homes stand empty
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 typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Dissay has 9%. One in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 20% have been in their home 30 years or more. At 2.2%, the share of second homes is higher than in 51% of compared French towns. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%.
€26,210 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.
Living standards centre on €26,210 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 52% of compared French towns. Some 10.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
In Dissay, 8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 59% 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
Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are scarce here: 13%, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. The census found that 33% of households are headed by a retired person in Dissay.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1% in Dissay. Elsewhere, 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.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 68% 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: 42% of the total. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 15%, a lower share than 76% 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Dissay comes in at 33%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 13th youngest of 41 French towns of 3,078 to 3,126 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.
Ages run from 35.8 in Vémars to 63.7 in Soulac-sur-Mer.
Around Dissay, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dissay | 42.3 | 19% | 2.2% | 2.5% |
| Beaumont Saint-Cyr 2,908 · 2.1 mi | 44.8 | 21% | 2.5% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux 4,385 · 2.4 mi | 44.6 | 21% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Jaunay-Marigny 7,528 · 2.5 mi | 41.8 | 20% | 2.9% | 3.4% |
| Chasseneuil-du-Poitou 4,743 · 4.5 mi | 36.3 | 18% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Naintré 5,964 · 5.4 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 1.2% | 4.7% |
| Montamisé 3,723 · 5.6 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 2.5% | 3.2% |
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 Dissay
What is the population of Dissay?
3,101 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (3,143).
How old are Dissay’s residents?
The median age is 42.3, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dissay?
32, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dissay?
INSEE counts 76 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dissay?
€26,210 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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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