Saint-Maigrin ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 0.7%
Half of Saint-Maigrin’s residents are over 50.2, older than in 84% of compared French towns. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 24 here (4.2%). At the 2023 Census Saint-Maigrin was home to 534 people in 240 households. Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Saint-Maigrin has 29%.
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-Maigrin
Empty homes
The census found 47 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Maigrin had 560 residents at the 2012 census and 534 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−5% since 2012, a pace below 87% 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 median Charente-Maritime town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −5% and the next six +1%.
6.7% of residents are 15 to 24, below 98% 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-Maigrin 50.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 27%, Saint-Maigrin is ahead of 75% of compared French towns on that count. For 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 smaller share of single-parent households than 76% of compared French towns: 8.3%
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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. On couples with children, 25% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of empty homes than 96% of compared French towns: 16%
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
6.3% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. The census found that 4% of homes are second homes in Saint-Maigrin. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
At the median, €24,740 a year to live on
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-Maigrin is €24,740 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 23% in Saint-Maigrin, more than in 92% 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
Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 33% in Saint-Maigrin. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Maigrin sits below 77% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.6%)
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 2.8% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Elsewhere, 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
Married residents make up 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Maigrin sits below 78% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Saint-Maigrin, 23%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 534 to 2,582 people, the 14th 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.
A younger town than 4 of the 5 around it: Saint-Maigrin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Maigrin | 50.2 | 27% | 4% | 3.6% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 7.2 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Jonzac 3,602 · 7.8 mi | 54 | 36% | 26% | 5.1% |
| Montendre 3,222 · 10.9 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 6.9% | 4% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 16.6 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Pons 4,343 · 17.1 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.1% |
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-Maigrin
What is the population of Saint-Maigrin?
534 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (560).
How old are Saint-Maigrin’s residents?
The median age is 50.2, older than 84% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Maigrin?
12, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Maigrin?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Maigrin?
€24,740 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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