Half of Saint-Groux is over 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns
The share of couples with children tops nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 31%. In 2023, the Census found 136 residents in Saint-Groux, living in 60 households. On the census count, 23% of households are headed by a manual worker. 1.2% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns.
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-Groux
An older town
Half of Saint-Groux’s residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −2% change since 2012: slower than 78% 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 change was −1%; from 2017 to 2023, −1%.
37% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 96% 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-Groux 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Saint-Groux has 8.8%. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 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.
A lower share of one-person households than 73% of compared French towns, at 31%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.3 people each.
A larger share of second homes than 88% of compared French towns: 9.8%
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 without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here, just over one in ten homes stand empty. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%.
€25,630 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Saint-Groux’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,630 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 54% in Saint-Groux, more than in 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 6.8% of Saint-Groux’s residents
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 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. About one in 15: that is how common immigrants are in Saint-Groux (6.8%). There is little gap on foreign nationals: 4.1%, about the same as 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, below 97% 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
By its share of married residents (41%), Saint-Groux is below 65% of compared French towns. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Saint-Groux, 31% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 94% 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
20% of Saint-Groux’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 31% have no diploma (19%).
41 French towns of 136 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Saint-Groux sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Groux | 54.5 | 37% | 9.8% | 6.8% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 9.3 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 9.3 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Brie 4,125 · 12.6 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 12.8 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 13.2 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 14.6 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
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-Groux
What is the population of Saint-Groux?
136 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (139).
How old are Saint-Groux’s residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Groux?
7, with occasional dwellings: 9.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Groux?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Groux?
€25,630 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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