Flats make up 1.6% in Saint-Mexant, less than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of households in social housing is 0.7%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. There were 570 households in Saint-Mexant at the 2023 Census, home to 1,330 residents. In Saint-Mexant, 25% of households are one person living alone. This Corrèze town has fewer households without a car than 98% of compared French towns, at 3.2%.
Throughout this page, the Corrèze 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.
A growing town: +10% since 2012, faster than 69% 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 +8%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Corrèze town −1%.
Older than 68% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Mexant is over 46.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Mexant 46.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of Saint-Mexant’s residents are 65 or older, against 27% in the median Corrèze town and 22% in the median compared French town; 21% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
32% of households are couples with children, a share 82% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Corrèze median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.3 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. On single-parent households, 9.6% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
9.3% of homes stand empty, a share 75% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Second homes make up 2.9%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. 30% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 4.8% moved in within the last two years.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,930 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 €27,930 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
37% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 75% 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
Here 15% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. On average, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 73% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Mexant ranks below 98% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 0.7%
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.
The share of immigrants trails 87% of compared French towns: 2.4%. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Saint-Mexant, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 96% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Saint-Mexant, 46%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 93% of compared French towns, at 11%
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 the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Saint-Mexant, 36%. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
17th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,330 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Saint-Mexant and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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-Mexant
What is the population of Saint-Mexant?
1,330 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (1,212).
How old are Saint-Mexant’s residents?
The median age is 46.9, older than 68% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Mexant?
19, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Mexant?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Mexant?
€27,930 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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