Saint-Germain ranks above 89% of compared French towns on second homes: 12%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 310 households in Saint-Germain at the 2023 Census, home to 705 residents. About one in four: that is how common one-person households are in Saint-Germain (26%). The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 4.7% in Saint-Germain and 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
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-Germain
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Germain, 12% of its 390 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 87% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Saint-Germain, 4.1% of households have no car, fewer than in 94% 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
The share of empty homes is 8.2%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Across Saint-Germain, 13% of homes are flats. For comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A growing town: +6% since 2012, faster than 54% 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 median Ardèche town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +6% and the next six −1%.
Half of Saint-Germain is over 46.6, older than 67% 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-Germain 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 19% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. On the census count, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 86% of compared French towns: 13%
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
The typical household size is 2.3 people. On the census count, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €25,630 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 median standard of living in Saint-Germain is €25,630 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 21% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Saint-Germain. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Germain ranks below 94% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Saint-Germain comes in at 2.9%. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 80% of compared French towns, at 47%
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Saint-Germain. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification make up 16% in Saint-Germain, less than in 69% 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
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
41 French towns of 705 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th 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).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Saint-Germain 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-Germain | 46.6 | 19% | 12% | 2.9% |
| Villeneuve-de-Berg 3,031 · 2.8 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 8% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Fontbellon 2,920 · 4.4 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 5.1% | 5.8% |
| Aubenas 12,416 · 5.1 mi | 47.9 | 29% | 5.3% | 12% |
| Vals-les-Bains 3,474 · 8.6 mi | 56.1 | 36% | 24% | 5.2% |
| Le Teil 8,726 · 11.6 mi | 43 | 22% | 2.9% | 13% |
| Viviers 3,633 · 12.4 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 4.5% | 5.9% |
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-Germain
What is the population of Saint-Germain?
705 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (667).
How old are Saint-Germain’s residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Germain?
46, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Germain?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Germain?
€25,630 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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