Saint-Front is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 59.3
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Saint-Front was home to 355 people in 140 households. Empty homes come to 11% in the town, about one in ten. In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Saint-Front has 2.9%.
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-Front
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 35 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Front, 18% of its 200 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% 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-Front’s residents are under 59.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 22% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Front sits above 92% of compared French towns for second homes (18%)
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
Some 7.1% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 31% who have been there 30 years or more. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 7.5% of the total. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Saint-Front has changed by +1%, slower than 67% 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 town +1%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 42% in Saint-Front, more than in 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-Front 59.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In Saint-Front, 6.2% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 78 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Saint-Front: 11% of households are single parents, above 59% 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
Households average 2.1 people. For comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 57% of compared French towns: 26% of households are couples with children. Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Saint-Front has 34%.
Half above, half below €23,890 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-Front is €23,890 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
Saint-Front: 36% of households are headed by a retired person, above 69% 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
Households headed by a manual worker account for 14%. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 10% in Saint-Front, more 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 median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in three quarters of compared French towns. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Immigrants make up about one in nine here (11%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-Front sits below 79% of compared French towns for married residents (38%)
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
Single residents are more common here than in just over half of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
25% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 79% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
On the census count, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (355 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Front
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Front | 59.3 | 42% | 18% | 11% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 9.2 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 10.2 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Brie 4,125 · 11.5 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 11.6 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 11.7 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 13.1 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
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-Front
What is the population of Saint-Front?
355 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (353).
How old are Saint-Front’s residents?
The median age is 59.3, older than 98% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Front?
35, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Front?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 37 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Front?
€23,890 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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