Saint-Gobert ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 0.7%
In Saint-Gobert, 31% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in three: 32% of households are couples with children. 6.6% of households have no car, a lower share than in 76% of compared French towns. The town is home to 281 residents in 120 households, by the 2023 Census.
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.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Gobert
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Gobert had 299 residents at the 2012 census and 281 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 20 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−6% since 2012, a pace below 91% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −11%, then +5% to 2023.
A median age of 42.2: Saint-Gobert is younger than 64% 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-Gobert 42.2. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.7%), Saint-Gobert is below 70% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in four: 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 57% of compared French towns, at 34%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.3 people share a household. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Saint-Gobert sits above 94% of compared French towns for empty homes (14%)
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 the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty. 3.2% of homes are second homes.
A median of €20,500 a year per consumption unit
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 Saint-Gobert’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €20,500 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
26% of households are headed by a retired person, below 82% 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
Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 8.5% in Saint-Gobert. By way of comparison, nearly a third 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).
Fewer immigrants than 75% of compared French towns: 3.7%
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 share of foreign nationals is 2.3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
Only 40% of residents 15 and over are married in Saint-Gobert
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
Single residents make up about one in four here (25%). Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 14%, a lower share than 98% 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
24% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (281 to 2,582 people), the 9th 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.
No nearby town is as young as Saint-Gobert
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gobert | 42.2 | 23% | 3.2% | 3.7% |
| Vervins 2,549 · 4 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 2.2% | 4.2% |
| Guise 4,490 · 11.1 mi | 47.9 | 27% | 1% | 1.8% |
| Hirson 8,469 · 13.9 mi | 43.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Michel 3,199 · 15.7 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 3.4% |
| Wignehies 2,804 · 16.5 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Athies-sous-Laon 2,578 · 17.5 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 0.7% | 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 Saint-Gobert
What is the population of Saint-Gobert?
281 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (299).
How old are Saint-Gobert’s residents?
The median age is 42.2, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Gobert?
5, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Gobert?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Gobert?
€20,500 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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