In Saint-Éloi, 38% of households are couples with children, more than in 97% of compared French towns
1.9% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Saint-Éloi counted 525 residents and 210 households at the 2023 Census. Across Saint-Éloi, 3.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ain 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 Saint-Éloi
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 2.4% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Saint-Éloi had 440 residents at the 2012 census and 525 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +19% change since 2012: Saint-Éloi grew faster than 89% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +4%; 2017 to 2023, +15%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ain town +13%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8% in Saint-Éloi, less than in 93% 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
■ Saint-Éloi 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Saint-Éloi is 43.5, lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over: just over a fifth of the total. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 19%
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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 2.4%, below 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
More second homes than 73% of compared French towns: 4.3%
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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Saint-Éloi has 5.6%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 2.9% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 27%.
A typical living standard of €29,350 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.
Living standards centre on €29,350 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 81% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 45%, a higher share than 93% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (12%), Saint-Éloi is above 63% of compared French towns. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in 11 here (9.5%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 80% of compared French towns: 3.2%
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: 1.9%, below four fifths of compared French towns. On average, 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.
Saint-Éloi ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 59%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 15% of residents 15 and over are single in Saint-Éloi. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Only 11% of adults out of school have no qualification in Saint-Éloi
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 40% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 525 to 2,582 people: this is the 13th 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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Saint-Éloi
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Saint-Éloi
What is the population of Saint-Éloi?
525 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (440).
How old are Saint-Éloi’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Éloi?
10, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Éloi?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Éloi?
€29,350 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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