38% of homes in Saint-Prix are second homes
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 3.7% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. Few places have so few flats: 5% here, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns. 269 residents in 120 households: that is Saint-Prix at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 29% of households are one person living alone.
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-Prix
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 82 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Prix, 38% of its 210 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 97% 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.
6.6% of households have no car, fewer than in 76% 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
Of all households, 7.6% moved in during the last two years and 19% have stayed three decades or more. Measured more widely, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. At 7%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Saint-Prix behind 57% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +6%, then −3% to 2023. Over those years, the median Ardèche town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%.
Saint-Prix is older than 61% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.6
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 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, a fifth of residents are 65 or over here. Just over one in ten 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%.
30% of households are couples with children, more than in 74% 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
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 9% in Saint-Prix. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €20,620 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-Prix is €20,620 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
Saint-Prix: 32% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% of compared French towns
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
8.5% of Saint-Prix’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 31% by a retired person (32%). Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 56% of compared French towns. Set beside 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 65% of compared French towns: 4.9%
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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 22 here (4.5%). As a yardstick, 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 46% in Saint-Prix, more than in 73% 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
Just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 79% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
With adults with no qualification at 15%, Saint-Prix is behind 71% of compared French towns on that count. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (269 to 2,582 people), the 21st 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).
Every neighbor is older than Saint-Prix
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 | 45.6 | 20% | 38% | 4.9% |
| Le Cheylard 2,803 · 4.4 mi | 56.8 | 38% | 8.3% | 2.2% |
| Le Chambon-sur-Lignon 2,501 · 12.1 mi | 57.9 | 38% | 36% | 5.9% |
| Tence 3,111 · 15.3 mi | 51.6 | 29% | 19% | 1.9% |
| Privas 8,538 · 15.6 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Saint-Péray 7,580 · 16.7 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 1.6% | 3.3% |
| La Voulte-sur-Rhône 4,854 · 16.9 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 1.7% | 10% |
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?
269 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (261).
How old are Saint-Prix’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 61% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Prix?
82, with occasional dwellings: 38% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Prix?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Prix?
€20,620 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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