Couples with children make up 14% in Saint-Macaire, less than in 94% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Saint-Macaire has 4.6%. For Saint-Macaire, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 13%. With a median age of 46.2, Saint-Macaire is older than 64% of compared French towns. 1,981 residents in 980 households: that is Saint-Macaire at the 2023 Census.
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-Macaire
Many people living alone
49% of Saint-Macaire’s households are one person: higher than in 92% of compared French towns; 35% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −2% change since 2012: slower than 78% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gironde town +16%.
24% of residents are 65 or over, a share 59% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Macaire 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
49% of households are one person living alone, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
There are 1.9 people in the average household. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 14% of households are single parents, more than in 92% of compared French towns.
Saint-Macaire: 8.5% of homes stand empty, above 68% 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
Without a car: one household in 11, against 11% in the median compared French town. 18% of households moved in less than two years ago; 13% have been in their home 30 years or more. Saint-Macaire has more second homes than just over three fifths of compared French towns, at 2.9%. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €23,080 a year to live on
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,080 a year: lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 17% in Saint-Macaire, more than in 68% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person trails 63% of compared French towns: 30%. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 5.2% in Saint-Macaire, less than in 61% 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.
3.8% of residents are foreign nationals. 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.
Saint-Macaire sits below 98% of compared French towns for married residents (29%)
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
32% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 67% of compared French towns
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Saint-Macaire comes in at 34%. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,981 to 2,582 people), 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Saint-Macaire is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
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 Saint-Macaire
What is the population of Saint-Macaire?
1,981 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (2,020).
How old are Saint-Macaire’s residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 64% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Macaire?
32, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Macaire?
INSEE counts 100 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 75 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Macaire?
€23,080 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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