Saint-Avit-le-Pauvre sits below 97% of compared French towns for couples with children (13%)
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 2.2% in Saint-Avit-le-Pauvre. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Its 41 households held 93 residents at the 2023 Census. The census found that 2.4% of households have no car in the town.
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-Avit-le-Pauvre
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Avit-le-Pauvre, 23% of its 62 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Growing fast
Saint-Avit-le-Pauvre had 74 residents at the 2012 census and 93 in 2023, up 26%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 7 homes empty (11%): 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 larger share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 32%. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 11%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A +26% change since 2012: Saint-Avit-le-Pauvre grew faster than 95% 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 +5%; from 2017 to 2023, +19%.
Above 76% of compared French towns: 27% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Avit-le-Pauvre 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Saint-Avit-le-Pauvre’s residents are under 42.5, younger than in 62% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns: 25%
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 share of single-parent households tops 83% of compared French towns: 13%. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 25% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Avit-le-Pauvre sits below 90% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.2%)
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals in Saint-Avit-le-Pauvre. Elsewhere, 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.
In Saint-Avit-le-Pauvre, 45% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 67% 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 census found that 25% of residents 15 and over are single in Saint-Avit-le-Pauvre. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 45% and 5.5%, and 8.2% are widowed.
Only 15% of adults out of school have no qualification in Saint-Avit-le-Pauvre
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
Graduates of higher education: 26% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 93 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Saint-Avit-le-Pauvre
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Avit-le-Pauvre | 42.5 | 27% | 23% | 2.2% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 6.6 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 12.8 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 14.8 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
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-Avit-le-Pauvre
What is the population of Saint-Avit-le-Pauvre?
93 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% more than in 2012 (74).
How old are Saint-Avit-le-Pauvre’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Avit-le-Pauvre?
14, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Avit-le-Pauvre?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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