49.4median age

Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

3.5% of households have no car, below 97% of compared French towns

In Saint-Victor, 7.3% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Saint-Victor was home to 2,100 people in 930 households. Locally, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 5.5%, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns.

+1%residents since 2012 28%aged 65 or older 4.3%immigrants 930households

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.

Population

Slower than most: +1% since 2012, behind 65% 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.

Census 2012

2,075

residents

Census 2017

2,098

residents

Census 2023

2,100

residents

in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Saint-Victor+1%

Allier median−1%

France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Saint-Victor±0%

Allier median−2%

France median+2%

Ages

A median age of 49.4: Saint-Victor is older than 81% of compared French towns

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

Saint-VictorAllier medianFrance median

Under 1517%

15 to 247.3%

25 to 4420%

45 to 6428%

65 and over28%

of whom 80 and over4.5%

0%20%40%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Saint-Victor 49.4. The median compared French town: 44.

28% of Saint-Victor’s residents are 65 or older, against 30% in the median Allier town and 22% in the median compared French town; 20% are under 18.

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Saint-Victor

Allier median

France median

WomenMen

About 92 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.

Households

Below 90% of compared French towns: 7% of households are single parents

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.

One person 26%Couple, no children 38%Couple with children 29%Single parent 7%Several people, not a family 0.5%

Against the Allier median and the France median

Saint-Victor

Allier median

France median

One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

Saint-VictorAllier medianFrance median

One-person households26%

Residents 65+ living alone25%

0%25%50%

Households average 2.3 people. Against that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many couples with children: 29% here, more than in just over two thirds of compared French towns.

Homes & cars

A lower share of flats than 94% of compared French towns, at 6.2%

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

Saint-VictorAllier medianFrance median

Main residences90%

Second homes1.3%

Empty8.6%

0%50%100%

Type of home

Saint-Victor

Allier median

France median

HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

Saint-VictorAllier medianFrance median

No car3.5%

One car34%

Two or more63%

0%40%80%

The share of empty homes is 8.6%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. For flats, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%. The census found that 1.3% of homes are second homes in Saint-Victor.

Income

Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,380 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.

Median standard of living

€27,380

a year, per consumption unit (2023)

Medians: Allier €23,590 · France €25,970

Poverty rate

6.0%

of residents below 60% of France’s median standard of living

Medians: Allier 16.0% · France 13.0%

Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

The midpoint of living standards here is €27,380 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 65% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 6.0% of the population.

Households by occupation

Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 77% of compared French towns: 5.9%

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

Saint-VictorAllier medianFrance median

Retired38%

Managers and professionals5.9%

Intermediate occupations18%

Clerical and service workers14%

Manual workers14%

Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners6.4%

Farmers1.6%

Others not working2.2%

0%25%50%

Unemployment rate

6.4%

of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)

Median of compared communes: 10.1%

Working residents

890

aged 15 or older

Work & commute →

In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Saint-Victor, 38%. Against that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Here, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.

Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).

Immigrants and foreign nationals

Foreign nationals: 2.1%, a lower share than 77% of compared French towns

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants

4.3% of residents

Median of compared communes: 6.5%

Foreign nationals

2.1% of residents

Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

Saint-VictorAllier medianFrance median

Immigrants4.3%

Foreign nationals2.1%

0%5%10%

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.

Immigrants make up a share lower than in 71% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%. 4.3% of residents are immigrants.

INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.

Couples

Saint-Victor ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 15%

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

Saint-VictorAllier medianFrance median

Married52%

In a civil partnership (PACS)8.7%

Living together, unmarried11%

Single15%

Divorced5.2%

Widowed7.3%

0%30%60%

52% of residents 15 and over are married and 8.7% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 7.3% are widowed. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.

Qualifications

Adults with no qualification make up 14% in Saint-Victor, less than in 77% 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

Saint-VictorAllier medianFrance median

No diploma (or primary certificate)14%

Brevet4.8%

CAP or BEP (vocational)33%

Baccalauréat19%

Bac+213%

Bac+3 or bac+49.4%

Bac+5 or more5.3%

0%20%40%

28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.

Towns its size

41 French towns of 2,100 to 2,582 people: this is 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.

Saint-Victor 49.4

VillejustPrayssacNoyen-sur-Sarthe

365064

Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).

Neighbors

Of the 6 towns nearest Saint-Victor, 4 are older

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

DésertinesMontluçonDomératPrémilhatHurielCommentrySaint-Victor

Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	Median age	65+	Second homes	Immigrants
Saint-Victor	49.4	28%	1.3%	4.3%
Désertines 4,259 · 2.2 mi	53.2	32%	1.5%	5%
Montluçon 33,147 · 3.4 mi	46.9	28%	3.1%	11%
Domérat 8,622 · 3.8 mi	53.5	33%	1.6%	4.4%
Prémilhat 2,540 · 5.3 mi	53.6	31%	2.3%	5.9%
Huriel 2,536 · 6.1 mi	48.5	27%	4%	2.5%
Commentry 6,017 · 9.3 mi	53.8	33%	2.4%	4.6%

More about Saint-Victor

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How to read these numbers

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-Victor

What is the population of Saint-Victor?

2,100 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (2,075).

How old are Saint-Victor’s residents?

The median age is 49.4, older than 81% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Saint-Victor?

14, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Saint-Victor?

INSEE counts 90 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.

What is the median income in Saint-Victor?

€27,380 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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