Older than 96% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Paul is over 56.8
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 91% of compared French towns: 4.2%. At the 2023 Census Saint-Paul was home to 232 people in 120 households. About one in 45: that is how common flats are in Saint-Paul (2.2%). On single-parent households, Saint-Paul sits lower than 99% of compared French towns: 4.9%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Paul
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 56 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Paul, 31% of its 180 homes: higher than in 95% 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-Paul’s residents are under 56.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 31% of its homes
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
In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM); in Saint-Paul, 2.8%. About one in 22: that is how common households without a car are in Saint-Paul (4.5%). On empty homes, Saint-Paul sits lower than 78% of compared French towns: 4.7%. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Faster growth than 64% of compared French towns: Saint-Paul changed by +8% since 2012
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 +3%, then +5% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 4.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Paul 56.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 36% of residents are 65 or over here. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 15% 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 Corrèze median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Saint-Paul, 37% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. Average household size: 2 people.
At the median, €24,770 a year to live on
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-Paul’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,770 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 69% of compared French towns: 36%
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 13%. 4.2% of Saint-Paul’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 36% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Paul ranks below 93% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.9%
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.
1.1% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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.
Single residents make up 19% in Saint-Paul, less than in 97% 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
The share of married residents is 39%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Adults with no qualification make up 15% in Saint-Paul, less than in 74% 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 25% in Saint-Paul and 30% in the typical compared French town. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (232 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Saint-Paul sits below 1 of its 5 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-Paul | 56.8 | 36% | 31% | 1.9% |
| Argentat-sur-Dordogne 2,881 · 7.6 mi | 58 | 39% | 17% | 5.5% |
| Tulle 13,401 · 7.6 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 5.8% | 9.2% |
| Malemort 8,239 · 15.6 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3.4% | 6.5% |
| Égletons 4,341 · 15.8 mi | 38 | 23% | 7.9% | 12% |
| Cosnac 3,044 · 15.9 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 1.8% | 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-Paul
What is the population of Saint-Paul?
232 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (214).
How old are Saint-Paul’s residents?
The median age is 56.8, older than 96% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Paul?
56, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Paul?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Paul?
€24,770 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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