Saint-Frion: 37% of homes are second homes, above 96% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Saint-Frion has 4%. Census day 2023: 251 residents and 100 households in the town. Households headed by a retired person account for 15%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% 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-Frion
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 67 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Frion, 37% of its 180 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
5.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 82% of compared French towns
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
8.2% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. Elsewhere, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 13% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 30%.
Slower than most: +4% since 2012, behind 54% 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
The median Creuse town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +5% and the next six −1%.
Only 8.4% of residents are 15 to 24 in Saint-Frion
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Frion 43.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Saint-Frion has 20%. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Half of the town’s residents are under 43.6, younger than in 53% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are single parents, a share 99% 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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 25% of households are one person living alone here. Couples with children are more common here than in 75% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. On average, 2.5 people share a household.
Standard of living at the median: €23,440 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.
At €23,440 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
Saint-Frion ranks below 77% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 10%
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
On households headed by a manager or professional, Saint-Frion sits higher than 53% of compared French towns: 10%. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2% of residents are immigrants in Saint-Frion
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 92% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 1.2% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 71% 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
Single residents account for 24%. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 13%, a lower share than 82% 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
Graduates of higher education: 28%, below 58% of compared French towns. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 251 to 2,582 people, the 15th youngest
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-Frion 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-Frion | 43.6 | 20% | 37% | 2% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 6.9 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-Frion
What is the population of Saint-Frion?
251 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (242).
How old are Saint-Frion’s residents?
The median age is 43.6, younger than 53% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Frion?
67, with occasional dwellings: 37% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Frion?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Frion?
€23,440 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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