A median age of 57.7: Saint-Estèphe is older than 97% of compared French towns
15% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). At the 2023 Census Saint-Estèphe was home to 583 people in 310 households. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 1.7% here. Few places have so few households in social housing: 2.6% here, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns.
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-Estèphe
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Estèphe, 27% of its 470 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 89% 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-Estèphe’s residents are under 57.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% 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.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 27% of homes 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
Long tenure is the mark of 32% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 11% (under two years). Fewer flats than in 97% of compared French towns: 3.9%. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Nearly one in ten homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%.
−2% since 2012, a pace below 76% 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
In two steps, +4% to 2017 and −5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Dordogne.
In Saint-Estèphe, 5.7% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 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-Estèphe 57.7. The median compared French town: 44.
38% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
Saint-Estèphe sits below 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (4.9%)
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
The average household has 1.9 people. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. At 38%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
€23,410 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.
Living standards centre on €23,410 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 55%
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
Across Saint-Estèphe, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. 1.7% of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 55% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Estèphe sits above 81% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (9.8%)
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.
The median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 72% of compared French towns. Immigrants come to 10% in Saint-Estèphe, about one in ten. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 16% of residents 15 and over are single
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 married residents is 50% in Saint-Estèphe and 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
29% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 583 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Estèphe
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Estèphe | 57.7 | 38% | 27% | 10% |
| Nontron 3,057 · 5.3 mi | 54.9 | 35% | 10% | 6.8% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 16.4 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| Rochechouart 3,603 · 17.2 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 11% | 6.4% |
| Brantôme en Périgord 3,763 · 17.3 mi | 53.9 | 33% | 16% | 5.2% |
| Thiviers 2,876 · 18 mi | 54.3 | 35% | 9.2% | 7.3% |
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-Estèphe
What is the population of Saint-Estèphe?
583 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (592).
How old are Saint-Estèphe’s residents?
The median age is 57.7, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Estèphe?
130, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Estèphe?
INSEE counts 61 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 57 foreign nationals (9.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Estèphe?
€23,410 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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