3.4% of homes are flats, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Here 3.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. More second homes than in 86% of compared French towns: 8.4%. There were 150 households in Saint-Lin at the 2023 Census, home to 310 residents. For Saint-Lin, the census puts households without a car at 5.2%.
Throughout this page, the Deux-Sèvres 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-Lin
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Lin had 359 residents at the 2012 census and 310 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −14% 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 median Deux-Sèvres town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −8% and the next six −6%.
In Saint-Lin, 13% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 85% 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-Lin 43.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. With a median age of 43.9, Saint-Lin is younger than just over half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 40%, a higher share than 69% 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 Deux-Sèvres median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Saint-Lin comes in at 23%. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.1 people.
Saint-Lin sits below 65% of compared French towns for households in social housing (9%)
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
Some 11% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 25% who have been there 30 years or more. More empty homes than in 68% of compared French towns: 8.4%. On average, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €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.
The median standard of living in Saint-Lin is €23,510 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Only 23% of households are headed by a retired person in Saint-Lin
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: 17% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3.1%, a lower share than 81% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Saint-Lin, 2.8%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Deux-Sèvres has 3.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 81% 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.
39% of residents 15 and over are married, below 76% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Saint-Lin has 29%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Saint-Lin sits below 84% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (21%)
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
Adults with no qualification: 20% of the total. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 310 to 2,582 people, the 16th 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.
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Saint-Lin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Lin | 43.9 | 21% | 8.4% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Maixent-l'École 7,595 · 8.1 mi | 35.5 | 21% | 2.7% | 7.6% |
| Parthenay 10,140 · 8.2 mi | 50 | 31% | 2.8% | 7.3% |
| Châtillon-sur-Thouet 2,656 · 9.4 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 1.3% | 3.4% |
| La Crèche 5,662 · 12.1 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 1.1% | 3.3% |
| Échiré 3,549 · 12.7 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Chauray 7,221 · 13.7 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 1.2% | 4.2% |
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-Lin
What is the population of Saint-Lin?
310 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (359).
How old are Saint-Lin’s residents?
The median age is 43.9, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Lin?
15, with occasional dwellings: 8.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Lin?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Lin?
€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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