Half of Saint-Aigulin is over 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns
In Saint-Aigulin, 1.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. This Charente-Maritime town has fewer flats than 96% of compared French towns, at 4.6%. The 2023 Census counted 1,878 residents in 950 households. For Saint-Aigulin, the census puts couples with children at 16%.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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-Aigulin
An older town
Half of Saint-Aigulin’s residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 200 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Aigulin changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 75% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, −2%.
Saint-Aigulin ranks above 92% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 33%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Aigulin 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 7.9% in Saint-Aigulin and 11% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
38% of households are one person living alone, more than in 62% 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 Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2 people. Few places have as many single-parent households: 11% here, more than in 64% of compared French towns. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Aigulin: 17% of homes stand empty, above 97% 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
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 7% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. By contrast, 13% of households have no car, a higher share than in 63% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 33: 3% of homes are second homes.
Median standard of living: €22,710 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.
Living standards centre on €22,710 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 96% of compared French towns, at 48%
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
In Saint-Aigulin, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 84% of compared French towns: 2.8%
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.
Here 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 86% 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
For Saint-Aigulin, the census puts married residents at 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
Adults with no qualification make up 29%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,878 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 6 towns nearest Saint-Aigulin, 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-Aigulin | 54.5 | 33% | 3% | 2.8% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 1.9 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Coutras 8,678 · 9.5 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle 3,167 · 10.2 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 1.5% | 5.1% |
| Montpon-Ménestérol 5,866 · 13.5 mi | 56.2 | 35% | 3.5% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Denis-de-Pile 5,955 · 14.6 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 1.4% | 5.4% |
| Laruscade 2,811 · 16.2 mi | 39.5 | 15% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
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-Aigulin
What is the population of Saint-Aigulin?
1,878 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (1,903).
How old are Saint-Aigulin’s residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Aigulin?
35, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Aigulin?
INSEE counts 53 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 39 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Aigulin?
€22,710 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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