Half of Saint-Christol is over 57.7, older than 97% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Saint-Christol, 8.3%. Census figures put flats at 2.8% here. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Saint-Christol was home to 102 people in 57 households.
Throughout this page, the Ardèche 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-Christol
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 69 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Christol, 50% of its 140 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 99% 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-Christol’s residents are under 57.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Saint-Christol’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 46% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Christol had 108 residents at the 2012 census and 102 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 50%, a higher share than 97% of compared French towns
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
Turnover: 5.1% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 22% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are more common here than in 69% of compared French towns. Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 8.5% in Saint-Christol.
Since 2012, Saint-Christol has changed by −6%, slower than 90% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ardèche town +4%.
4.8% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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-Christol 57.7. The median compared French town: 44.
35% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 78 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Saint-Christol, 50% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% 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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 1.8 people on average. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 17%, more than in 98% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
A median of €22,830 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.
Half of Saint-Christol’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,830 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Saint-Christol ranks above 97% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 50%
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 manual worker tops 96% of compared French towns: 25%. Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 12. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Christol sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (1%)
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 Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. 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.
Married residents make up 35% in Saint-Christol, less than in 90% 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
Single residents account for 26%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
In Saint-Christol, 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 64% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (21%), Saint-Christol is above 63% of compared French towns. 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 102 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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).
Around Saint-Christol, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Christol | 57.7 | 35% | 50% | 1% |
| Le Cheylard 2,803 · 2.9 mi | 56.8 | 38% | 8.3% | 2.2% |
| Privas 8,538 · 12.1 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Vals-les-Bains 3,474 · 14.5 mi | 56.1 | 36% | 24% | 5.2% |
| Le Chambon-sur-Lignon 2,501 · 14.7 mi | 57.9 | 38% | 36% | 5.9% |
| Chomérac 3,183 · 15.6 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 5.1% | 3.9% |
| Le Pouzin 2,886 · 17.1 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 1.8% | 12% |
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-Christol
What is the population of Saint-Christol?
102 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (108).
How old are Saint-Christol’s residents?
The median age is 57.7, older than 97% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Christol?
69, with occasional dwellings: 50% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Christol?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Christol?
€22,830 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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