Households without a car make up 2.2% in Saint-Aignan, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Saint-Aignan has 44%. 3.6% of homes are flats, or about one in 28. One-person households are rarer here than in 86% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 192 residents and 91 households locally.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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-Aignan
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Aignan had 225 residents at the 2012 census and 192 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Aignan’s residents are under 52.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% 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 99% of compared French towns: Saint-Aignan changed by −15% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −8%; from 2017 to 2023, −7%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Gironde town +16%.
Half of Saint-Aignan is over 52.7, older than 90% 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-Aignan 52.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Here nearly a third of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Across Saint-Aignan, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Saint-Aignan ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 5.6%
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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.1 people share a household. Elsewhere, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 22%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
7.8% of homes are second homes, more than in 85% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Roughly one in ten: 10% of homes stand empty. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
The median resident lives on €27,320 a year per consumption unit
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 €27,320 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
Saint-Aignan sits below 80% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (5.6%)
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
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 9.4% of 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).
Foreign nationals: 2.1%, a lower share than 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.
4.2% of residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. That is lower than in 71% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%. By way of comparison, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 92% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
Married residents account for 43%. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Aignan ranks below 61% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 27%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 192 to 2,582 people, the 8th 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.
Every neighbor is younger than Saint-Aignan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Aignan | 52.7 | 32% | 7.8% | 4.2% |
| Galgon 3,144 · 3.2 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 1.8% | 3.7% |
| Vayres 4,615 · 3.3 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Izon 6,374 · 3.5 mi | 40.7 | 16% | 0.8% | 4.5% |
| Libourne 25,036 · 3.9 mi | 44 | 23% | 3% | 12% |
| La Lande-de-Fronsac 2,729 · 4.8 mi | 42.4 | 21% | 0.9% | 5.8% |
| Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac 4,881 · 5.2 mi | 46.4 | 24% | 1.7% | 5.8% |
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-Aignan
What is the population of Saint-Aignan?
192 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (225).
How old are Saint-Aignan’s residents?
The median age is 52.7, older than 90% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Aignan?
9, with occasional dwellings: 7.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Aignan?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Aignan?
€27,320 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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