Above 99% of compared French towns: 20% of homes stand empty
With households in social housing at 4.1%, Satillieu is behind 90% of compared French towns on that count. The town counted 1,534 residents and 710 households at the 2023 Census. 46% of households are headed by a retired person. Higher than in 83% of compared French towns: 7.1% of homes are second homes.
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 Satillieu
Empty homes
The census found 200 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Satillieu’s residents are under 52.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Satillieu had 1,611 residents at the 2012 census and 1,534 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −5% since 2012 leaves Satillieu behind 87% 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 change was −4% from 2012 to 2017 and −1% from 2017 to 2023.
Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Satillieu is over 52.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Satillieu 52.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Satillieu has 32%. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in three quarters of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of couples with children than 73% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
Average household size: 2.1 people. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many one-person households: 38% here, more than in 62% of compared French towns. Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Satillieu has 11%.
7.4% of households have no car, below 70% 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
One household in 13 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 19%, fewer than in 69% of compared French towns. Newcomers of less than two years account for 9.9% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 29%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,210 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 Satillieu is €24,210 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 71% 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
Households headed by a manual worker make up 16%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Satillieu sits below 94% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.7%)
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 94% of compared French towns. Here, 1.2% of residents are foreign nationals. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Satillieu ranks below 77% of compared French towns on married residents: 39%
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
Census figures put single residents at 26% in Satillieu. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Above 73% of compared French towns: 24% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Graduates of higher education make up 25%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Satillieu
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satillieu | 52.4 | 32% | 7.1% | 1.7% |
| Roiffieux 2,743 · 5.6 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.8% | 2.3% |
| Annonay 17,274 · 7 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 3.4% | 14% |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay 2,725 · 7.2 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| Davézieux 3,205 · 8.4 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 1.3% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Vallier 4,027 · 10.1 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Bourg-Argental 2,886 · 10.4 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 6.2% | 2.4% |
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 Satillieu
What is the population of Satillieu?
1,534 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,611).
How old are Satillieu’s residents?
The median age is 52.4, older than 90% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Satillieu?
70, with occasional dwellings: 7.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Satillieu?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Satillieu?
€24,210 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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