Flats make up 3.3% in Domfaing, less than in 98% of compared French towns
The share of one-person households trails 91% of compared French towns: 26%. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 210 people lived in Domfaing, in 100 households. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 6.8% in the town.
Throughout this page, the Vosges 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 Domfaing
Fewer residents than in 2012
Domfaing had 235 residents at the 2012 census and 210 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Domfaing’s residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 1.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Domfaing has changed by −11%, slower than 98% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Vosges town −6%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −8%; 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Half of Domfaing is over 51.5, older than 88% 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
■ Domfaing 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In Domfaing, 29% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 16%, a lower share than 88% 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 Vosges median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.1 people on average. On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. More single-parent households than in 58% of compared French towns: 11%.
8.2% of homes in Domfaing are second homes
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Domfaing, just over one in ten homes stand empty. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car trails 87% of compared French towns: 5.1%.
Half above, half below €24,770 a year in 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,770 a year: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
In Domfaing, 37% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Domfaing comes in at 37%. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Domfaing, 2.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 87% 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.
The median compared commune in Vosges has 5.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 67.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 90% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Domfaing comes in at 38%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 16%, a lower share than 96% 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
26% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
10th highest median age among 41 French towns of 210 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.
Of the 6 towns nearest Domfaing, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domfaing | 51.5 | 29% | 8.2% | 2.4% |
| Bruyères 2,923 · 2.4 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 4.3% | 5% |
| Granges-Aumontzey 2,529 · 6.1 mi | 53 | 31% | 14% | 5.6% |
| Rambervillers 5,018 · 9.3 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.4% | 7.3% |
| Anould 3,234 · 9.4 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 9.5% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 9.8 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Éloyes 3,138 · 11.8 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 2% | 4.4% |
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 Domfaing
What is the population of Domfaing?
210 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (235).
How old are Domfaing’s residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Domfaing?
10, with occasional dwellings: 8.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Domfaing?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Domfaing?
€24,770 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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