0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
3.9% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Locally, 21% of households are one person living alone. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 90% of compared French towns. Saint-Laurent is home to 511 residents in 210 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Cher 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-Laurent
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 24 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Laurent, 10% of its 240 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 17% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 88% of compared French towns, at 10%
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 share of empty homes trails just over four fifths of compared French towns: 4.4%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
A +12% change since 2012: faster than 76% 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 +10%; from 2017 to 2023, +2%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Cher town −4%.
8.4% of residents are 15 to 24, below 89% 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-Laurent 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Saint-Laurent’s residents are under 42.7, younger than in 60% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over come to 21% in the town, about two in ten.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 34%, a higher share than 89% 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 Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.5 people. Higher than in 98% of compared French towns: 17% of households are single parents. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
€27,320 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-Laurent’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,320 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
38% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 77% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
One in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in ten. The share of households headed by a retired person 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).
Saint-Laurent ranks below 90% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.1%
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, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Saint-Laurent has 1.4%. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
A higher share of married residents than 91% of compared French towns, at 50%
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 make up 20%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
11% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 92% 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
Here 38% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 511 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Saint-Laurent sits below 5 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-Laurent | 42.7 | 21% | 10% | 2.1% |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre 6,380 · 6 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 2.1% | 7.4% |
| Vierzon 25,068 · 6.3 mi | 49.1 | 30% | 2% | 13% |
| Méreau 2,632 · 7.7 mi | 47.8 | 25% | 4.3% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny 2,546 · 9.4 mi | 41 | 18% | 2.4% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Doulchard 9,647 · 11.4 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 0.8% | 7% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 12.6 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
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-Laurent
What is the population of Saint-Laurent?
511 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (455).
How old are Saint-Laurent’s residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Laurent?
24, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Laurent?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Laurent?
€27,320 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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