Half of Saint-Romain is over 56, older than 95% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Saint-Romain has 1.4%. 12% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. This Charente town counted 514 residents and 250 households at the 2023 Census. Across Saint-Romain, 6.4% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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-Romain
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 59 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Romain, 17% of its 350 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-Romain’s residents are under 56 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Romain had 553 residents at the 2012 census and 514 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Saint-Romain (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 16% of residents, against 4.8% for the median compared commune in Charente. 14% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
17% of homes are second homes, more than in 92% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 13% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 19%. On empty homes, Saint-Romain sits higher than 87% of compared French towns: 12%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 4.8% of households have no car here.
Saint-Romain’s population moved −7% on 2012, less than in 93% 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
In two steps, −4% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Charente.
More residents aged 65 and over than 92% of compared French towns: 33%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Romain 56. The median compared French town: 44.
8.7% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 92% 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
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 32% of households are one person living alone here. Across the comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.1 people on average.
A median of €22,720 a year per consumption unit
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-Romain is €22,720 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
Saint-Romain sits below 64% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (12%)
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-Romain has 8%. Households headed by a retired person: just over a third of the total. As a reference point, 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).
Above 88% of compared French towns: 16% of residents are immigrants
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.
With foreign nationals at 14%, Saint-Romain is ahead of 91% of compared French towns on that count. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 49%, a higher share than 88% 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
For Saint-Romain, the census puts single residents at 25%. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 68% 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
Few places have as many adults with no qualification: 20% here, more than in 53% of compared French towns. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 514 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 1 of 2 towns have older populations than Saint-Romain
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Romain | 56 | 33% | 17% | 16% |
| Ribérac 3,734 · 9.9 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 11 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
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-Romain
What is the population of Saint-Romain?
514 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (553).
How old are Saint-Romain’s residents?
The median age is 56, older than 95% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Romain?
59, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Romain?
INSEE counts 84 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 74 foreign nationals (14%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Romain?
€22,720 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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