Half of Saint-Astier is over 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns
Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Saint-Astier has 7%. Higher than in 90% of compared French towns: 43% of households are headed by a retired person. This Dordogne town is home to 5,376 residents in 2,580 households, by the 2023 Census. Locally, 18% of households are couples with children.
Throughout this page, the Dordogne 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-Astier
An older town
Half of Saint-Astier’s residents are under 53.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 77% of compared French towns: Saint-Astier changed by −2% since 2012
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Dordogne town, the change came in two steps: ±0% from 2012 to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 92% of compared French towns: 33%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Astier 53.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9%, below 81% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 41%, a higher share than 71% 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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2 people share a household. 9.3% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 63% of compared French towns. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
18% of homes are flats, fewer than in 72% 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
Car-free households: one in eight, where the median compared French town has 11%. Typically, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. For Saint-Astier, the census puts empty homes at 9.1%.
€24,920 a year: the median standard of living
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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,920 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 61% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 14.0%.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 80% of compared French towns, at 5.5%
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 make up about one in eight here (13%). To put it in context, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 78% of compared French towns: 3.4%
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.
Here 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Typically, 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.
Married residents make up 40% in Saint-Astier, less than in 68% 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
The figure for single residents is 23% in Saint-Astier and 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Saint-Astier sits below 72% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (24%)
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 64% of compared French towns: 22%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 3rd oldest of 41 French towns of 5,322 to 5,433 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 36.3 in Cruseilles to 62.9 in Bretignolles-sur-Mer.
Every neighbor is younger than Saint-Astier
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Astier | 53.2 | 33% | 7% | 3.4% |
| Neuvic 3,687 · 4.5 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 7.6% | 4.5% |
| Marsac-sur-l'Isle 3,187 · 6.5 mi | 46.7 | 22% | 2.7% | 5.4% |
| Chancelade 4,468 · 7.7 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.4% |
| Coulounieix-Chamiers 7,832 · 8.4 mi | 48.3 | 28% | 2.2% | 9.5% |
| Périgueux 29,055 · 10 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 5.4% | 9.1% |
| Sanilhac 4,757 · 10.3 mi | 46 | 25% | 5.1% | 5.4% |
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-Astier
What is the population of Saint-Astier?
5,376 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (5,472).
How old are Saint-Astier’s residents?
The median age is 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Astier?
210, with occasional dwellings: 7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Astier?
INSEE counts 180 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Astier?
€24,920 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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