Above 91% of compared French towns: 13% of homes stand empty
The share of households without a car trails 86% of compared French towns: 5.3%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 330 households in Saint-Ybars at the 2023 Census, home to 651 residents. In Saint-Ybars, 7.7% of households are headed by a manual worker.
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-Ybars
Empty homes
The census found 52 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A ±0% change since 2012: slower than 70% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ariège town +2%.
Saint-Ybars is older than 75% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Ybars 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
8.7% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 22% in Saint-Ybars.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 21% of households are couples with children
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
Each household has 2 people on average. 39% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 66% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are single parents here.
Saint-Ybars ranks above 83% of compared French towns on second homes: 6.8%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten homes are flats here. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
€23,670 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €23,670 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
24% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 87% 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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional here. Typically, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 79% of compared French towns: 3.3%
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: 1.7%, below 83% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 31% of residents 15 and over are married in Saint-Ybars
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Saint-Ybars comes in at 30%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 77% 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
Put another way, about one in three: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 651 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Saint-Ybars, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Ybars | 48.1 | 22% | 6.8% | 3.3% |
| Cintegabelle 3,006 · 8.6 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 3.2% | 4.5% |
| Auterive 10,456 · 8.8 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 1.8% | 9.7% |
| Montesquieu-Volvestre 3,050 · 8.8 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 6.5% | 5.1% |
| Saverdun 4,808 · 9.3 mi | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 7.3% |
| Miremont 2,838 · 9.3 mi | 37.7 | 14% | 1.2% | 6.6% |
| Carbonne 5,563 · 9.7 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 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-Ybars
What is the population of Saint-Ybars?
651 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (652).
How old are Saint-Ybars’ residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Ybars?
28, with occasional dwellings: 6.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Ybars?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Ybars?
€23,670 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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