Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc is over 57.3
2.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). The share of flats stands at 0.7%. Few places have so few couples with children: 14% here, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 410 residents and 210 households in Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc.
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-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc, 16% of its 290 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc had 500 residents at the 2012 census and 410 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc’s residents are under 57.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 36 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
16% of homes in Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc are second homes
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Locally, 6.4% of households have no car. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Here 13% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc changed by −18% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −20%, then +3% to 2023. Over those years, the median Creuse town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%.
Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc sits above 93% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (34%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc 57.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 8% in Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Above 79% of compared French towns: 12% of households are single parents
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. Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc has fewer one-person households than 66% of compared French towns, at 32%. In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,510 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 €23,510 a year: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 34%, a higher share than 60% 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
15% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in seven. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc ranks below 64% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.9%
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.
For Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc, the census puts foreign nationals at 3.7%. The wider picture: 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-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc, 50% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 91% 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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc, 14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 98% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc comes in at 35%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 410 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc
What is the population of Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc?
410 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (500).
How old are Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc’s residents?
The median age is 57.3, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc?
46, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Silvain-Bas-le-Roc?
€23,510 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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