Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais is over 60.1
With flats at 7.2%, Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais is behind 92% of compared French towns on that count. Census day 2023: 726 residents and 360 households here. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 4.1%. Couples with children are rarer here than in 88% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Allier 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-Bonnet-Tronçais
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais, 22% of its 560 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais’ residents are under 60.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 18% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 80 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
47% of Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais’ households are one person: higher than in 89% of compared French towns; 34% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
22% of homes in Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais 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 that moved in under two years ago: 6.7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 24%. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 14%, more than in 94% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 11% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%).
−1% since 2012: 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
42% of residents are 65 or over, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais 60.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais has 4.8%. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais ranks below 95% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 6.2%
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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 47% in Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais. Average household size: 1.9 people. Elsewhere, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,400 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,400 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 46% in Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais, more than in 94% 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
With households headed by a manual worker at 18%, Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais is ahead of 73% of compared French towns on that count. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.3% in Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais, less than in 79% 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 figure for foreign nationals is 2.3% in Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais ranks below 89% of compared French towns on married residents: 35%
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
23% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 87% of compared French towns: 19%
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 88% of compared French towns: 29%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 726 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais | 60.1 | 42% | 22% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 9,899 · 9.5 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 3.9% | 4.5% |
| Sancoins 2,951 · 15.6 mi | 57.4 | 36% | 5.9% | 2% |
| Dun-sur-Auron 3,524 · 16 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 2.4% |
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 Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais
What is the population of Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais?
726 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (730).
How old are Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais’ residents?
The median age is 60.1, older than 98% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais?
120, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Bonnet-Tronçais?
€23,400 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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