Flats: 1.7%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Saint-Fraigne has 1.4%. At 7.3%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 96% of compared French towns. The town is home to 427 residents in 210 households, by the 2023 Census. On the census count, 2.3% of households are single parents.
Throughout this page, the Charente 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-Fraigne
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 35 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Fraigne, 12% of its 290 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 91% 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-Fraigne’s residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Fraigne had 451 residents at the 2012 census and 427 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 39 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
12% of homes are second homes, more than in 89% 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
4.7% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). Of all households, 14% moved in during the last two years and 22% have stayed three decades or more. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Saint-Fraigne has changed by −5%, slower 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 Charente town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −2% and the next six −3%.
Half of Saint-Fraigne is over 52.5, older than 90% 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-Fraigne 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 31% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 18%, a lower share than 81% 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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2 people. For Saint-Fraigne, the census puts one-person households at 40%. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €23,390 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.
At €23,390 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 30%, a higher share than 99% 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
With households headed by a retired person at 35%, Saint-Fraigne is ahead of 64% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 6.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Fraigne sits above 76% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (8.5%)
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 64% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. On the census count, 8.7% of residents are immigrants. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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-Fraigne sits below 59% of compared French towns for single residents (24%)
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 account for 42%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Saint-Fraigne, 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 84% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification in Saint-Fraigne. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (427 to 2,582 people), the 8th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 1 of the 3 around it: Saint-Fraigne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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-Fraigne
What is the population of Saint-Fraigne?
427 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (451).
How old are Saint-Fraigne’s residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Fraigne?
35, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Fraigne?
INSEE counts 37 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.7% of residents, and 36 foreign nationals (8.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Fraigne?
€23,390 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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