A higher share of second homes than 89% of compared French towns, at 12%
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Saint-Pardoult counted 211 residents and 110 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put couples with children at 19% in the town. Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.6% of households have no car here.
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-Pardoult
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 16 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Pardoult, 12% of its 130 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Pardoult had 222 residents at the 2012 census and 211 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Pardoult: 8.3% of homes stand empty, above 67% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 29% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 4.7% (under two years). Without a car: one household in 15, against 11% in the median compared French town.
A change of −5% since 2012 leaves Saint-Pardoult behind 88% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +9%, and from 2017 to 2023 −12%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
A median age of 49.9: Saint-Pardoult is older than 83% 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-Pardoult 49.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In Saint-Pardoult, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Across Saint-Pardoult, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 61% of compared French towns, at 33%
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. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Saint-Pardoult sits lower than 56% of compared French towns: 9.7%.
Half above, half below €24,250 a year in standard of living
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 €24,250 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 97% of compared French towns: 25%
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, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Saint-Pardoult has 41%. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Saint-Pardoult, 2.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 83% 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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 2.4% in Saint-Pardoult and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
Saint-Pardoult ranks below 95% of compared French towns on single residents: 19%
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
Here nearly two in five residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 98% 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
21% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 211 to 2,582
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.
Among its 4 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Saint-Pardoult
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pardoult | 49.9 | 26% | 12% | 2.9% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 5.2 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Surgères 6,897 · 16.3 mi | 52 | 33% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon 2,941 · 17 mi | 47.3 | 28% | 3.9% | 2.8% |
| Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan 2,967 · 17.9 mi | 46.9 | 22% | 2.2% | 4.1% |
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-Pardoult
What is the population of Saint-Pardoult?
211 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (222).
How old are Saint-Pardoult’s residents?
The median age is 49.9, older than 83% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Pardoult?
16, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Pardoult?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Pardoult?
€24,250 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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