A larger share of second homes than 98% of compared French towns: 59%
Households in social housing: 3.7%, below 91% of compared French towns. At 1.6%, the share of flats is lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Saint-Setiers had 252 residents in 120 households at the 2023 Census. 14% of households are couples with children.
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-Setiers
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 180 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Setiers, 59% of its 310 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 99% 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-Setiers’ residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Setiers had 265 residents at the 2012 census and 252 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.5%
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
Turnover: 6.7% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 22% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Empty homes are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Saint-Setiers has changed by −5%, slower than 88% 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
In two steps, +8% to 2017 and −12% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Corrèze.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 2.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Setiers 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Saint-Setiers’s residents are over 51.5, older than in 87% of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over: 31% of the total. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
A higher share of one-person households than 82% of compared French towns, at 44%
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
Households average 1.9 people. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A median of €24,170 a year per consumption unit
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 €24,170 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
45% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 93% 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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Setiers ranks below 75% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.7%
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 figure for foreign nationals is 2.9% in Saint-Setiers and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 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 smaller share of married residents than 65% of compared French towns: 41%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 27% of residents 15 and over are single here. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 24% in Saint-Setiers, less than in 73% 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
For Saint-Setiers, the census puts adults with no qualification at 20%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 252 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Saint-Setiers and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Setiers | 51.5 | 31% | 59% | 3.7% |
| Ussel 9,187 · 13.6 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 4.5% | 10% |
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-Setiers
What is the population of Saint-Setiers?
252 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (265).
How old are Saint-Setiers’ residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 87% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Setiers?
180, with occasional dwellings: 59% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Setiers?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Setiers?
€24,170 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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