Saint-Plaisir is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.3
Flats make up 3.5%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Saint-Plaisir had 422 residents in 210 households at the 2023 Census. Couples with children make up about one in eight here (12%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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-Plaisir
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Plaisir, 15% of its 290 homes: higher than in 91% 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-Plaisir’s residents are under 54.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 38 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
15% of homes are second homes, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Without a car: one household in 13, against 11% in the median compared French town. Across Saint-Plaisir, 7.7% of households have no car. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A +6% change since 2012: Saint-Plaisir grew faster than 53% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −5%; from 2017 to 2023, +11%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.6%, a lower share than 98% 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-Plaisir 54.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 32% in Saint-Plaisir and 22% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
In Saint-Plaisir, 4.9% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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
Average household size: 2 people. On average, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Saint-Plaisir comes in at 37%.
Median living standard: €22,890 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.
At €22,890 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Saint-Plaisir sits below 78% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (9.8%)
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 7.3%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Saint-Plaisir (37%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.9% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 63% 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.
That is lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up about one in 16 here (6.2%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 89% of compared French towns: 49% of residents 15 and over are married
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
In Saint-Plaisir, 21% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 86% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
Adults with no qualification: 23%, above just over two thirds of compared French towns. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 422 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Saint-Plaisir and its 2 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
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-Plaisir
What is the population of Saint-Plaisir?
422 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (400).
How old are Saint-Plaisir’s residents?
The median age is 54.3, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Plaisir?
44, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Plaisir?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Plaisir?
€22,890 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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