0.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional: 3%, below 97% of compared French towns. In Saint-Froult, 2.3% of homes are flats. Just over a quarter of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. There were 180 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 400 residents.
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-Froult
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 40 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Froult, 17% of its 230 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 95% 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-Froult’s residents are under 51.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 2.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of households without a car than 97% of compared French towns, at 3.5%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 14%. For comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many second homes: 17% here, more than in 92% of compared French towns. There is little gap on empty homes: 6.9%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
+2% since 2012, a pace below 60% 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 −14%; 2017 to 2023, +19%.
6.1% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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-Froult 51.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 51.7, Saint-Froult is older than 88% of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in four here (28%). Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 3.1%
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
In Saint-Froult, just over a fifth of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €24,830 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-Froult is €24,830 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 39% in Saint-Froult, more than in 80% 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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Saint-Froult, 8.9%. To put it in context, 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).
2.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 88% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Saint-Froult comes in at 1.1%. Set beside that, 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.
Saint-Froult ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 57%
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
With single residents at 16%, Saint-Froult is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 26% in Saint-Froult, less than in 63% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Saint-Froult. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 400 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Saint-Froult
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Froult | 51.7 | 28% | 17% | 2.4% |
| Soubise 3,316 · 2.4 mi | 32.5 | 20% | 3.2% | 1.8% |
| Rochefort 23,460 · 4.6 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 11% | 6.6% |
| Fouras 4,148 · 4.9 mi | 62.9 | 45% | 45% | 2% |
| Échillais 3,765 · 5.1 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 2.3% | 2% |
| Saint-Agnant 2,780 · 5.9 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.5% | 1.5% |
| Bourcefranc-le-Chapus 3,486 · 6.5 mi | 55.9 | 35% | 18% | 1.6% |
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-Froult
What is the population of Saint-Froult?
400 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (391).
How old are Saint-Froult’s residents?
The median age is 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Froult?
40, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Froult?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Froult?
€24,830 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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