A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 98% of compared French towns: 2.7%
3.5% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. At the 2023 Census, 776 people lived in Saint-Prix, in 380 households. Single-parent households account for 4.1%. 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-Prix
Empty homes
The census found 58 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.
Since 2012, Saint-Prix has changed by ±0%, slower than 70% 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
Here the change came as +3% to 2017, then −3% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Allier.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 92% of compared French towns, at 8.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Prix 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Saint-Prix’s residents are over 49.7, older than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. For Saint-Prix, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 26%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
In Saint-Prix, 24% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 55% 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. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. More one-person households than in 56% of compared French towns: 36%.
13% of homes stand empty, a share 90% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 28% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 12% (under two years). Fewer households without a car than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 6.1%. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 6% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,960 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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,960 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
43% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 90% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Saint-Prix has 24%. Measured more widely, 32% 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).
Immigrants make up 1.5% in Saint-Prix, less than in 96% 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 96% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 1.3% 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, half of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 18% in Saint-Prix, less than in 91% 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
The census found that 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in Saint-Prix. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 776 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Saint-Prix and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Prix | 49.7 | 26% | 6% | 1.5% |
| Lapalisse 3,138 · 1.4 mi | 54.7 | 36% | 3% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Germain-des-Fossés 3,579 · 10.5 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Cusset 13,316 · 11.7 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Creuzier-le-Vieux 3,205 · 11.7 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 2.6% | 4.1% |
| Vichy 25,115 · 13 mi | 53.1 | 37% | 8.5% | 11% |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 3,549 · 13 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 0.9% | 9.6% |
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-Prix
What is the population of Saint-Prix?
776 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (776).
How old are Saint-Prix’s residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Prix?
28, with occasional dwellings: 6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Prix?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Prix?
€24,960 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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