A median age of 54.8: Saint-Satur is older than 94% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Saint-Satur, 3.5%. The town had 1,408 residents in 730 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put one-person households at 43% here. Lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 6.2% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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-Satur
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Satur, 12% of its 1,050 homes: higher than in 89% 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-Satur’s residents are under 54.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Satur had 1,554 residents at the 2012 census and 1,408 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 200 homes empty (19%): 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 19%
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
Some 13% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 23% who have been there 30 years or more. More second homes than in 89% of compared French towns: 12%. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
−9% since 2012, a pace below 96% 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
The change was −8% from 2012 to 2017 and −1% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Cher town −4%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 91% 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-Satur 54.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.3% in Saint-Satur and 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 12% of households are couples with children
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
Each household has 1.9 people on average. Fewer single-parent households than in 67% of compared French towns: 9%. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%.
A typical living standard of €25,680 a year
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 €25,680 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Saint-Satur: 45% of households are headed by a retired person, above 92% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Saint-Satur has 12%. Across the comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.1% of residents in Saint-Satur 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.
About one in 16: that is how common immigrants are in Saint-Satur (6.1%). That is lower than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%. Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 3.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
57% of residents 15 and over live as a couple
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
Across Saint-Satur, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. There is little gap on single residents: 25%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Satur sits below 86% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (20%)
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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 26% in Saint-Satur. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,408 to 2,582 people, 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Satur
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Satur | 54.8 | 33% | 12% | 6.1% |
| Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire 9,733 · 5.9 mi | 54.4 | 36% | 8.3% | 6.7% |
| La Charité-sur-Loire 4,705 · 13.6 mi | 54 | 36% | 6.7% | 5.7% |
| Châtillon-sur-Loire 3,065 · 17.7 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 11% | 2.7% |
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-Satur
What is the population of Saint-Satur?
1,408 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (1,554).
How old are Saint-Satur’s residents?
The median age is 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Satur?
120, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Satur?
INSEE counts 86 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 55 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Satur?
€25,680 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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