Saint-Avit: 52% of households are couples with children, above 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Saint-Avit has 3.6%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 317, in 120 households. For Saint-Avit, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 13%. Few places have so few households headed by a manual worker: 8% here, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Drôme 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-Avit
A town of families
52% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 57% of compared French towns: Saint-Avit changed by +6% 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
Here the change came as +3% to 2017, then +4% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +8% in Drôme.
Younger than 77% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Avit is under 40.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Avit 40.4. The median compared French town: 44.
13% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 85% of compared French towns: 28%
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 Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.6 people on average.
Saint-Avit sits below 87% of compared French towns for households in social housing (4.9%)
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
11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 5.7% in Saint-Avit. Higher than in 77% of compared French towns: 5% of homes are second homes. For comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 7.1% of homes stand empty.
Median living standard: €26,790 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-Avit is €26,790 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Saint-Avit comes in at 16%. 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 96% of compared French towns: 1.6%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals here. 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.
Single residents make up 31% in Saint-Avit, more than in 83% 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 Saint-Avit, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 74% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
Here, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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).
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Saint-Avit
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Avit | 40.4 | 13% | 5% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse 4,193 · 5.2 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 3.3% | 3.3% |
| Anneyron 4,169 · 6.5 mi | 46 | 24% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Vallier 4,027 · 7.3 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Peyrins 2,613 · 8.1 mi | 47.3 | 23% | 4.1% | 3% |
| Mercurol-Veaunes 2,816 · 9.3 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 4.5% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon 7,001 · 9.4 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 1% | 16% |
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-Avit
What is the population of Saint-Avit?
317 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (298).
How old are Saint-Avit’s residents?
The median age is 40.4, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Avit?
7, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Avit?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Avit?
€26,790 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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