34% of homes in Saint-Chamant are second homes
In Saint-Chamant, 17% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 4.6% of residents are 15 to 24. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. This Cantal town is home to 237 residents in 120 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Cantal 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-Chamant
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 78 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Chamant, 34% of its 230 homes: higher than in 95% 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-Chamant’s residents are under 52.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 30 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 smaller share of households in social housing than 93% of compared French towns: 3.3%
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
6.6% of households arrived within the last two years, while 28% have stayed 30 years or more. The wider picture: just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 13%, more than in 92% of compared French towns. Meanwhile, with flats at 7.5%, Saint-Chamant is behind 91% of compared French towns on that count.
Since 2012, Saint-Chamant has changed by −2%, slower than 77% 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 first five years brought −1%; the six to 2023, −1%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Cantal town −3%.
Saint-Chamant is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Chamant 52.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 30% in Saint-Chamant and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 16% in Saint-Chamant, less than in 86% 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 Cantal median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households: 38% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €23,820 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,820 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
54% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 21% of households are headed by a manual worker in Saint-Chamant. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Saint-Chamant, 1.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 95% 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.
Foreign nationals: 1.3%, below 90% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 86% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 45% of residents 15 and over are married in Saint-Chamant. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 80% 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
The share of adults with no qualification trails 63% of compared French towns: 17%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 237 to 2,582 people
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).
Of the 4 towns nearest Saint-Chamant, 1 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-Chamant | 52.9 | 30% | 34% | 1.7% |
| Mauriac 3,449 · 10.3 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.1% | 3.1% |
| Aurillac 26,214 · 11.8 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 6.7% |
| Ytrac 4,339 · 12.9 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
| Arpajon-sur-Cère 6,361 · 13.6 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 4.4% | 2% |
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-Chamant
What is the population of Saint-Chamant?
237 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (241).
How old are Saint-Chamant’s residents?
The median age is 52.9, older than 91% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Chamant?
78, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Chamant?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Chamant?
€23,820 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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