Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.7% of homes are flats
Here 4.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Meanwhile, the median age in Saint-Germain-de-Salles is 50.1, higher than in 83% of compared French towns. The town had 434 residents in 210 households at the 2023 Census. In Saint-Germain-de-Salles, 2.4% of households are single parents.
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.
Saint-Germain-de-Salles changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 73% 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
Saint-Germain-de-Salles sits below 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (6.7%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Germain-de-Salles 50.1. The median compared French town: 44.
27% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
In Saint-Germain-de-Salles, 24% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 56% 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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On one-person households, 35% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
More second homes than 88% of compared French towns: 9.7%
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. 6% of households have no car, or about one in 17. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 11% of homes stand empty here.
Median standard of living: €24,420 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 €24,420 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 47%, a higher share than 95% 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
Here, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. 4.8% of Saint-Germain-de-Salles’ households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 47% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5.1% in Saint-Germain-de-Salles, less than in 62% 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 Allier has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 62% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Locally, 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 19%, a lower share than 96% of compared French towns
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Saint-Germain-de-Salles has 49%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 stands at 19%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 434 to 2,582 people, the 14th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Saint-Germain-de-Salles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Germain-de-Salles | 50.1 | 27% | 9.7% | 5.1% |
| Gannat 5,610 · 5.7 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 9.5 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Bellerive-sur-Allier 8,943 · 10.1 mi | 53 | 34% | 4.9% | 7.7% |
| Creuzier-le-Vieux 3,205 · 10.7 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 2.6% | 4.1% |
| Aigueperse 2,665 · 10.8 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 1.4% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Germain-des-Fossés 3,579 · 10.8 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 3% | 4.3% |
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-Germain-de-Salles
What is the population of Saint-Germain-de-Salles?
434 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (437).
How old are Saint-Germain-de-Salles’ residents?
The median age is 50.1, older than 83% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Germain-de-Salles?
25, with occasional dwellings: 9.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Germain-de-Salles?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Germain-de-Salles?
€24,420 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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