Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 0.7%
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 2.2% of households have no car in Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult. In 2023, the Census found 924 residents here, living in 370 households. Here, 19% of households are one person living alone. 23% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 93% of compared French towns.
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-Sulpice-d'Arnoult
Growing fast
Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult had 716 residents at the 2012 census and 924 in 2023, up 29%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+29% since 2012, a pace 96% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 those years, the median Charente-Maritime town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +21%, then +7% to 2023.
Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult is younger than 84% of compared French towns: a median age of 39.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult 39.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 85% of compared French towns: 16%. Locally, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are couples with children, more than in 87% 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
On average, 2.5 people share a household. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Few places have as many single-parent households: 11% here, more than in 64% of compared French towns.
4.6% of homes are second homes, more than in 75% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.4%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 15%. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 5.8%, fewer than in 63% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €24,000 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.
The median standard of living in Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult is €24,000 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult ranks below 92% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 22%
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.2% of residents are immigrants in Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (0.9%), Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult is below 96% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. That is lower than in 98% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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 married residents at 46%, Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult is ahead of 74% of compared French towns on that count. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult, 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 72% 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
With adults with no qualification at 16%, Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult is behind just over two thirds of compared French towns on that count. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 924 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult | 39.1 | 16% | 4.6% | 1.2% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux 2,843 · 6.8 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Agnant 2,780 · 7.1 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.5% | 1.5% |
| Échillais 3,765 · 8.6 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 2.3% | 2% |
| Tonnay-Charente 8,289 · 10.1 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.6% | 3% |
| Saujon 7,440 · 10.3 mi | 59.6 | 42% | 13% | 3.1% |
| Saintes 25,363 · 10.7 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.7% | 5.5% |
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-Sulpice-d'Arnoult
What is the population of Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult?
924 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 29% more than in 2012 (716).
How old are Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult’s residents?
The median age is 39.1, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult?
19, with occasional dwellings: 4.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Sulpice-d'Arnoult?
€24,000 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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