Households without a car make up 3.7% in Saint-Jean-de-Verges, less than in 96% of compared French towns
28% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Saint-Jean-de-Verges’s 540 households held 1,290 residents at the 2023 Census. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 7.9%. Lower than in 87% of compared French towns: 10% of homes are flats.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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.
Saint-Jean-de-Verges’s population changed by +11% since 2012, more than in 73% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +8%, and from 2017 to 2023 +3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ariège town +2%.
Younger than 54% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Jean-de-Verges is under 43.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Jean-de-Verges 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are couples with children, more than in 70% 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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Saint-Jean-de-Verges has 11%. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%.
6.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 80% 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
By its share of second homes (4.4%), Saint-Jean-de-Verges is above 74% of compared French towns. On empty homes, Saint-Jean-de-Verges sits higher than 77% of compared French towns: 9.7%. The comparison figure for households in social housing is 12% in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 21% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9% (under two years).
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,210 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 Saint-Jean-de-Verges is €26,210 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Saint-Jean-de-Verges sits below 72% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (6.5%)
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
11% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 32% of households are headed by a retired person. To put it in context, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 63% of compared French towns: 8.6%
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 Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 63% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals: 5.1% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 95% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Married residents make up 41%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 71% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
Locally, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,290 to 2,582 people), the 13th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Saint-Jean-de-Verges and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them 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-Jean-de-Verges | 43.5 | 22% | 4.4% | 8.6% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 2 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Foix 9,934 · 4.1 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 4.5 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 6 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 6.6 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 12.1 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
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-Jean-de-Verges
What is the population of Saint-Jean-de-Verges?
1,290 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (1,161).
How old are Saint-Jean-de-Verges’ residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Jean-de-Verges?
28, with occasional dwellings: 4.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Jean-de-Verges?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.6% of residents, and 65 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Jean-de-Verges?
€26,210 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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