Saint-Goussaud is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 60
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, 1.1% of homes are flats. The 2023 Census put Saint-Goussaud’s population at 157, in 85 households. Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, just over three in five households are headed by a retired person here.
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-Goussaud
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 60 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Goussaud, 33% 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-Goussaud’s residents are under 60 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Goussaud had 192 residents at the 2012 census and 157 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 37 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Goussaud sits above 95% of compared French towns for second homes (33%)
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
20% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Saint-Goussaud has fewer households without a car than 60% of compared French towns, at 8.9%. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: −18% since 2012, behind 99% 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 change was −16% from 2012 to 2017 and −3% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Creuse town −5%.
In Saint-Goussaud, 43% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Goussaud 60. The median compared French town: 44.
0.6% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
17% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 39% of households are one person living alone.
A median standard of living of €23,410 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.
Half of Saint-Goussaud’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,410 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
Only 5.6% of households are headed by a manual worker in Saint-Goussaud
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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 5.6% in Saint-Goussaud. The usual figure: 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).
A larger share of immigrants than 84% of compared French towns: 14%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Saint-Goussaud has 10%. The median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 84% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-Goussaud ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 13%
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
57% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
22% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 64% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Saint-Goussaud has 27%. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 157 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Saint-Goussaud
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Goussaud | 60 | 43% | 33% | 14% |
| Ambazac 5,556 · 9.3 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 4.8% | 2.1% |
| Bessines-sur-Gartempe 2,709 · 10.9 mi | 51.5 | 29% | 8.6% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Priest-Taurion 2,901 · 12.1 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 4.3% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat 4,366 · 13.6 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.5% | 5.3% |
| Rilhac-Rancon 4,805 · 14.1 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 1.6% | 3.8% |
| Saint-Just-le-Martel 2,606 · 14.6 mi | 46.3 | 20% | 3.8% | 2.7% |
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-Goussaud
What is the population of Saint-Goussaud?
157 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (192).
How old are Saint-Goussaud’s residents?
The median age is 60, older than 98% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Goussaud?
60, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Goussaud?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Goussaud?
€23,410 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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