Below 95% of compared French towns: 5.1% of homes are flats
Households without a car: 4.3% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Second homes account for 7.6%. With a median age of 49.5, Saint-Voir is older than just over four fifths of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 201 residents in 93 households.
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-Voir
Empty homes
The census found 16 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Voir changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 61% 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
The first five years brought −4%; the six to 2023, +6%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Allier town −1%.
23% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 58% 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-Voir 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Put another way, about one in ten: one in ten residents are 15 to 24. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 16% of households are couples with children
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
The typical household size is 2.2 people. On the census count, nearly a third of households are one person living alone. Against that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 14% of homes stand empty
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. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €26,390 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,390 a year: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 83% of compared French towns, at 5.3%
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
21% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. The usual figure: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Across Saint-Voir, just over a quarter of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Voir ranks below 97% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.5%
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.
With foreign nationals at 2%, Saint-Voir is behind nearly four fifths of compared French towns on that count. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-Voir ranks below 64% of compared French towns on married residents: 41%
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
The share of single residents stands at 26%. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 79% 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
Adults with no qualification: 17% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (201 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Saint-Voir 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-Voir | 49.5 | 23% | 7.6% | 1.5% |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 3,549 · 8.4 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 0.9% | 9.6% |
| Dompierre-sur-Besbre 2,959 · 11 mi | 54.3 | 34% | 4.5% | 4.6% |
| Lapalisse 3,138 · 12.2 mi | 54.7 | 36% | 3% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 12.8 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Yzeure 12,897 · 12.9 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 2.4% | 6.4% |
| Moulins 19,206 · 13.6 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 4.3% | 9.9% |
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-Voir
What is the population of Saint-Voir?
201 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (197).
How old are Saint-Voir’s residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Voir?
9, with occasional dwellings: 7.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Voir?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Voir?
€26,390 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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