In Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille, 1.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille, 5.4% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 708, in 310 households. For Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille, the census puts households without a car at 3.5%. On households headed by a manager or professional, Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille sits lower than 84% of compared French towns: 5.1%.
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-Simon-de-Pellouaille
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 39 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille, 10% of its 380 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 86% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille had 595 residents at the 2012 census and 708 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 88% of compared French towns, at 10%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille has 7.7%. Of all households, 12% moved in during the last two years and 16% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A +19% change since 2012: faster than 89% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
16% of residents are 65 or over, below 87% 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-Simon-de-Pellouaille 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The median age in Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille is 42.5, lower than in 62% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille ranks below 93% of compared French towns on one-person households: 25%
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 2.3 people in the average household. Few places have as many couples with children: 33% here, more than in 87% of compared French towns. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Half above, half below €24,430 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.
Living standards centre on €24,430 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
19% of households are headed by a retired person, below 96% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 26%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 32% 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).
Below 96% of compared French towns: 1.5% of residents are immigrants
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.
0.7% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. 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.
In Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille, 17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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: 52%, above 96% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille sits below 81% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (21%)
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: 17% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 708 to 2,582 people, the 10th youngest
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).
No nearby town is as young as Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille | 42.5 | 16% | 10% | 1.5% |
| Gémozac 3,052 · 3.3 mi | 51.9 | 32% | 7.4% | 3.1% |
| Pons 4,343 · 6.8 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.1% |
| Saintes 25,363 · 9.2 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.7% | 5.5% |
| Chaniers 3,651 · 10 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 4% | 2% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux 2,843 · 10.9 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Semussac 2,585 · 11.6 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9.3% | 2.5% |
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-Simon-de-Pellouaille
What is the population of Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille?
708 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (595).
How old are Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille?
39, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Simon-de-Pellouaille?
€24,430 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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