Saint-Martial is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 60.8
In Saint-Martial, 57% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Households without a car are rarer here than in 91% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Saint-Martial was home to 122 people in 63 households. Census figures put flats at 1.1% in the town.
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-Martial
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 10 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Martial, 11% of its 92 homes: higher than in 88% 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-Martial’s residents are under 60.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 44% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Martial had 141 residents at the 2012 census and 122 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 18 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
The figure for second homes is 11% in Saint-Martial and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 6.2% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 32%.
A −13% change since 2012: slower than 99% 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 population moved −7%, and from 2017 to 2023 −7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente town +1%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns, at 44%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Martial 60.8. The median compared French town: 44.
7.2% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 93% of compared French towns: 14%
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. Households here average 1.9 people each. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Saint-Martial, 36%.
At the median, €21,920 a year to live on
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 midpoint of living standards here is €21,920 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
Saint-Martial sits above 88% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (21%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Saint-Martial has 7.1%. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 8.8%, a higher share than 77% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Saint-Martial, 8.8%. That is higher than in 65% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. Elsewhere, 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-Martial sits above 86% of compared French towns for married residents (49%)
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: 29% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
23% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 71% 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
Just over a quarter of Saint-Martial’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 23% have no diploma (19%).
Ranked by age, 4th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Martial
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Martial | 60.8 | 44% | 11% | 8.8% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 12.6 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 15.1 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 15.8 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Ribérac 3,734 · 16 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 16.6 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| La Couronne 7,765 · 16.7 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
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-Martial
What is the population of Saint-Martial?
122 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (141).
How old are Saint-Martial’s residents?
The median age is 60.8, older than 99% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 44% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Martial?
10, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Martial?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.8% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (8.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Martial?
€21,920 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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