In Saint-Julien-le-Châtel, 22% of homes stand empty, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Saint-Julien-le-Châtel has 6.6%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 158, in 71 households. Households headed by a manual worker: 6.3% of the total. At 31%, the share of couples with children is higher than in just over four fifths 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-Julien-le-Châtel
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Julien-le-Châtel, 22% of its 130 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 27 homes empty (22%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.7% of households have no car
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: 15% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 25% have lived in their home 30 years or more. As a reference point, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few flats: 2.3% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. 22% of homes are second homes (Creuse median 5.3%, France median 2.1%) and 22% are empty (6.7%).
From 2012 to 2023, 72% of compared French towns grew faster than Saint-Julien-le-Châtel: −1%
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 −10% from 2012 to 2017 and +10% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Creuse town −5%.
A median age of 43.5: Saint-Julien-le-Châtel is younger than 54% 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-Julien-le-Châtel 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 22% in Saint-Julien-le-Châtel.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 95% of compared French towns: 6.3%
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
In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Saint-Julien-le-Châtel, 38%. The wider picture: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.2 people.
A median standard of living of €25,570 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,570 a year: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 44% in Saint-Julien-le-Châtel, more than in 91% of compared French towns
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
6.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns
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.
Foreign nationals: 2.4%, below 73% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-Julien-le-Châtel ranks below 95% of compared French towns on married residents: 33%
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
With single residents at 24%, Saint-Julien-le-Châtel is behind 63% of compared French towns on that count. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Saint-Julien-le-Châtel, 12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 87% 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
Fewer graduates of higher education than in 55% of compared French towns: 29%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
41 French towns of 158 to 2,582 people: this is the 13th 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.
Every neighbor is older than Saint-Julien-le-Châtel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Julien-le-Châtel | 43.5 | 22% | 22% | 4.2% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 12 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 17.3 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
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-Julien-le-Châtel
What is the population of Saint-Julien-le-Châtel?
158 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (159).
How old are Saint-Julien-le-Châtel’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Julien-le-Châtel?
27, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Julien-le-Châtel?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Julien-le-Châtel?
€25,570 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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