Half of Saint-Lary is over 60, older than 98% of compared French towns
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 53% of households are headed by a retired person in Saint-Lary. Meanwhile, on empty homes, Saint-Lary sits lower than 99% of compared French towns: 1.6%. 156 residents in 94 households: that is Saint-Lary at the 2023 Census. Here, 3.9% 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.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Lary
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 280 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Lary, 74% of its 380 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 96% 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-Lary’s residents are under 60 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
58% of Saint-Lary’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 52% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Lary ranks above 99% of compared French towns on second homes: 74%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 14% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 21%. At 11%, the share of households without a car is higher than in half of compared French towns. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
+16% since 2012, a pace 85% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
In two steps, −2% to 2017 and +19% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Ariège.
39% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 97% 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-Lary 60. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 5.8%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 58%
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
The typical household size is 1.6 people. About one in 19: that is how common single-parent households are in Saint-Lary (5.3%). To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €17,930 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.
At €17,930 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 5.3% in Saint-Lary, less than in 96% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 83% of compared French towns: 5.3%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5.1% in Saint-Lary, less than in 62% of compared French towns
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 lower than in 62% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 20: 5.1% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Saint-Lary, 41% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 65% 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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Saint-Lary. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 79% of compared French towns: 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
Adults with no qualification: a fifth of the total. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 156 to 2,582
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).
Every neighbor is younger than Saint-Lary
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Lary | 60 | 39% | 74% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Girons 6,008 · 13.9 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 6.7% | 9.1% |
| Saint-Gaudens 12,139 · 15.6 mi | 50.1 | 31% | 2.3% | 11% |
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-Lary
What is the population of Saint-Lary?
156 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (134).
How old are Saint-Lary’s residents?
The median age is 60, older than 98% of compared French towns. 9% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Lary?
280, with occasional dwellings: 74% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Lary?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Lary?
€17,930 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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