24% of homes are second homes, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
Single-parent households: 20%, above 99% of compared French towns. Sainte-Anne had 23,973 residents in 11,530 households at the 2023 census. About one in four: that is how common households without a car are in Sainte-Anne (23%). Few places have so few households in social housing: 6.2% here, fewer than in four fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Guadeloupe 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 Sainte-Anne
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 4,180 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sainte-Anne, 24% of its 17,430 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Sainte-Anne sits below 87% of compared French towns for flats (10%)
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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 9.9% in Sainte-Anne. Measured more widely, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Sainte-Anne has changed by −3%, slower than 81% 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 Guadeloupe town, the change came in two steps: −4% from 2012 to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
Half of Sainte-Anne is over 48.7, older than 78% 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
■ Sainte-Anne 48.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 11%. Here 23% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
Sainte-Anne sits below 84% of compared French towns for couples with children (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 Guadeloupe median and the France median
Living alone · share
Just over two in five households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 76% of compared French towns: 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Sainte-Anne has 12%. On average, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person: 31% of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.9% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 64% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Here 5.3% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. That is lower than in 60% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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.
Single residents make up 44% in Sainte-Anne, more than in 99% 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
33% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 93% of compared French towns: 31%
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
With graduates of higher education at 23%, Sainte-Anne is behind 75% of compared French towns on that count. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 22,567 to 25,363 people, the 6th 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.
Loos is the youngest (33); Vichy the oldest (53.1).
Every neighbor is younger than Sainte-Anne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Anne | 48.7 | 23% | 24% | 5.3% |
| Le Gosier 27,757 · 7.2 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 19% | 7.2% |
| Saint-François 13,942 · 7.6 mi | 48.1 | 22% | 34% | 6.2% |
| Le Moule 23,014 · 7.8 mi | 46.9 | 22% | 11% | 5.6% |
| Les Abymes 51,055 · 8.5 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 2.7% | 7.7% |
| Morne-à-l'Eau 16,228 · 8.7 mi | 48.4 | 24% | 4.6% | 3.1% |
| Pointe-à-Pitre 15,040 · 9.9 mi | 37.5 | 18% | 15% | 11% |
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-Anne
What is the population of Sainte-Anne?
23,973 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (24,712).
How old are Sainte-Anne’s residents?
The median age is 48.7, older than 78% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Anne?
4,180, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Anne?
INSEE counts 1,280 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 1,420 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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