In Saint-Estèphe, 2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
2.6% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). At the 2023 Census Saint-Estèphe was home to 1,638 people in 760 households. Flats account for 2.7%. Lower than in 69% of compared French towns: 7.6% of households have no car.
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-Estèphe
Empty homes
The census found 200 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 73% of compared French towns grew faster than Saint-Estèphe: −1%
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, −2% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +16% in Gironde.
Saint-Estèphe is older than 64% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.2
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 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.8%), Saint-Estèphe is below two thirds of compared French towns. Here, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 64% 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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
At 9.2%, the share of single-parent households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.1 people.
Empty homes make up 20% in Saint-Estèphe, more than in 99% 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
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 4.1% of homes are second homes in Saint-Estèphe. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 14% of households moved in less than two years ago; 24% have been in their home 30 years or more.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,120 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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,120 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns, at 32%
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
34% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 73% of compared French towns: 7.6%
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.
The median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Across Saint-Estèphe, 8.9% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-Estèphe ranks below 67% of compared French towns on married residents: 40%
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-Estèphe and 25% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 97% of compared French towns: 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
Adults with no qualification: 28%, above 87% of compared French towns. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 1,638 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th 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).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than 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 | 46.2 | 21% | 4.1% | 8.9% |
| Pauillac 5,190 · 4.3 mi | 44 | 22% | 3% | 23% |
| Lesparre-Médoc 5,872 · 7.8 mi | 50 | 29% | 3.6% | 7.8% |
| Saint-Laurent-Médoc 4,914 · 8.1 mi | 44.6 | 21% | 3% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde 3,175 · 8.5 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.4% | 3.1% |
| Blaye 5,066 · 10.9 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 4.3% | 5.5% |
| Listrac-Médoc 2,807 · 12.4 mi | 40.6 | 15% | 3.8% | 3.8% |
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-Estèphe
What is the population of Saint-Estèphe?
1,638 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,650).
How old are Saint-Estèphe’s residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 64% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Estèphe?
41, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Estèphe?
INSEE counts 150 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.9% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (7.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Estèphe?
€24,120 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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