Half of Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards is over 55.8, older than 95% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards, 0.3% of homes are flats. Census day 2023: 291 residents and 150 households locally. The figure for couples with children is 18% in Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards and 25% in the typical compared French 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-Pardoux-les-Cards
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 68 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards, 24% of its 280 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards’ residents are under 55.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 67 homes empty (24%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
24% of homes stand empty, more than in 99% 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
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 5.9% of households have no car here. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 6% of households moved in; at the other end, 30% have stayed 30 years or more. Second homes are more common here than in 94% of compared French towns.
Slower than most: −2% since 2012, behind 77% 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 −3% and the next six +1%.
4.8% of residents are 15 to 24, below 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-Pardoux-les-Cards 55.8. The median compared French town: 44.
36% of Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards’ residents are 65 or older, against 32% in the median Creuse town and 22% in the median compared French town; 14% are under 18. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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.
In Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards, 7.1% of households are single parents, fewer than in 89% 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
Households here average 2 people each. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards comes in at 34%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €21,540 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-Pardoux-les-Cards’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,540 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
48% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 96% 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
Households headed by a manual worker: 21% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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).
In Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards, 6.5% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 67% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Locally, 7.8% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 17%
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 share of married residents stands at 44%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards, 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 93% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards, 22%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (291 to 2,582 people), the 5th oldest
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).
A younger town than 1 of the 3 around it: Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards | 55.8 | 36% | 24% | 7.8% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 9.6 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 11.2 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 13.4 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-Pardoux-les-Cards
What is the population of Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards?
291 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (296).
How old are Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards’ residents?
The median age is 55.8, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards?
68, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.8% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (6.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Pardoux-les-Cards?
€21,540 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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