7.2% of residents are 15 to 24, below 96% of compared French towns
In Sainte-Mère, 17% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The town’s 93 households held 200 residents at the 2023 Census. 5.6% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Gers 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.
Sainte-Mère changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 83% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Gers town, the change came in two steps: +4% from 2012 to 2017, then −7% to 2023.
Sainte-Mère sits above 82% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (29%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sainte-Mère 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 47.9, Sainte-Mère is older than nearly three quarters of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns: 17%
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 Gers median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. A third of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 59% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
6.2% of homes are second homes, more than in 81% 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
14% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). In Sainte-Mère, 10% of homes stand empty. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,930 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.
Half of Sainte-Mère’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,930 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
In Sainte-Mère, 39% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 80% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across Sainte-Mère, 5.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.6% of residents are immigrants, below 77% 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.
Foreign nationals: 2.6%, below 71% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 67% of compared French towns: 23%
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 Sainte-Mère, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
33% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 60% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 come to 18% in Sainte-Mère, about two in ten. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 200 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Sainte-Mère
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 Sainte-Mère
What is the population of Sainte-Mère?
200 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (207).
How old are Sainte-Mère’s residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Mère?
7, with occasional dwellings: 6.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Mère?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sainte-Mère?
€23,930 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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