A median age of 59.2: Saint-Maur is older than 98% of compared French towns
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Saint-Maur has 8.7%. The town has fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.5%. 253 residents in 140 households: that is Saint-Maur at the 2023 Census. Here, just over three in five households are headed by a retired person.
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-Maur
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 49 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Maur, 22% of its 220 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 98% 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-Maur’s residents are under 59.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 35 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
48% of Saint-Maur’s households are one person: higher than in 91% of compared French towns; 34% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Maur ranks above 94% of compared French towns on second homes: 22%
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 6.3% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 30%. 16% of homes stand empty, more than in 97% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Saint-Maur has 10%.
A change of +5% since 2012 leaves Saint-Maur behind 51% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +22%, then −14% to 2023. Over those years, the median Cher town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.6%, a lower share than 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-Maur 59.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In Saint-Maur, 34% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 91% of compared French towns, at 48%
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
In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents; in Saint-Maur, 6.6%. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 1.8 people each.
€22,050 a year: the median 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.
Living standards centre on €22,050 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 3.3% in Saint-Maur, less than in 96% 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
4% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). For comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Saint-Maur, 7% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 69% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%. Put another way, about one in 14: 7% of residents are immigrants. As a reference point, 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.
Single residents: 20%, a lower share than 89% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Saint-Maur comes in at 47%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 94% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
In Saint-Maur, a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 253 to 2,582
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.
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Maur
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Maur | 59.2 | 34% | 22% | 7% |
| La Châtre 4,037 · 14.1 mi | 56.2 | 39% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 9,899 · 15.6 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 3.9% | 4.5% |
| Huriel 2,536 · 16.5 mi | 48.5 | 27% | 4% | 2.5% |
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-Maur
What is the population of Saint-Maur?
253 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (242).
How old are Saint-Maur’s residents?
The median age is 59.2, older than 98% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Maur?
49, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Maur?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Maur?
€22,050 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.