Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.1% in Saint-Gobain, less than in 92% of compared French towns
Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Saint-Gobain has 6.1%. At the 2023 Census Saint-Gobain was home to 2,288 people in 890 households. The share of flats stands at 9.5%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in four fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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.
Saint-Gobain changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 72% 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 those years, the median Aisne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%.
30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 86% 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-Gobain 48.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Saint-Gobain is 48.6, higher than in 78% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A larger share of couples with children than 62% of compared French towns: 27%
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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Saint-Gobain sits close to the norm on one-person households: 35%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes make up 10% in Saint-Gobain, more than in 79% 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
Nearly a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.6% moved in within the last two years. Few places have as many second homes: 4.3% here, more than in 73% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Saint-Gobain has 8.6%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,750 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.
The median standard of living in Saint-Gobain is €23,750 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
Saint-Gobain: 22% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 89% 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
6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 33%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 89% of compared French towns: 1.3%
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 immigrants at 2.9%, Saint-Gobain is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 93% of compared French towns: 34%
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
The share of single residents tops just over three quarters of compared French towns: 30%. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Gobain: 25% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 79% 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Saint-Gobain has 23%. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,288 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.
Every neighbor is younger than Saint-Gobain
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-Gobain
What is the population of Saint-Gobain?
2,288 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,300).
How old are Saint-Gobain’s residents?
The median age is 48.6, older than 78% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Gobain?
45, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Gobain?
INSEE counts 67 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Gobain?
€23,750 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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