1% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a manual worker tops 90% of compared French towns: 22%. Saint-Alpinien is home to 290 residents in 140 households, by the 2023 Census. Locally, 3.7% of households are single parents. 3.8% of households have no car, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Creuse 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-Alpinien
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Alpinien, 21% of its 210 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 33 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Alpinien had 307 residents at the 2012 census and 290 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
21% of homes are second homes, a share 93% 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
8.3% of households moved in less than two years ago; 37% have been in their home 30 years or more. Empty homes are more common here than in 96% of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%.
Since 2012, Saint-Alpinien has changed by −6%, slower than 90% 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 change was −11%; from 2017 to 2023, +6%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Creuse town −5%.
Older than 84% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Alpinien is over 50.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Alpinien 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Saint-Alpinien has 8.8%. 25% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in four.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Alpinien sits below 81% of compared French towns for couples with children (18%)
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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.1 people. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. The census found that just over a third of households are one person living alone in Saint-Alpinien.
€25,060 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.
The median standard of living in Saint-Alpinien is €25,060 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 3.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
With households headed by a retired person at 30%, Saint-Alpinien is behind nearly two thirds of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 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).
Saint-Alpinien: 5.7% of residents 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%. About one in 18: that is how common immigrants are in Saint-Alpinien (5.7%). Nothing unusual on foreign nationals: 3.9%, close to the figure 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.
Saint-Alpinien sits below 76% of compared French towns for married residents (39%)
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
29% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 77% of compared French towns, at 23%
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 share of adults with no qualification trails 64% of compared French towns: 17%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 290 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Saint-Alpinien 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-Alpinien | 50.3 | 25% | 21% | 5.7% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 3.5 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
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-Alpinien
What is the population of Saint-Alpinien?
290 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (307).
How old are Saint-Alpinien’s residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Alpinien?
44, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Alpinien?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Alpinien?
€25,060 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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