Saint-Georges is younger than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 22.9
One-person households: 17% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. Here, 13% of homes stand empty. At 21%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is higher than in 87% of compared French towns. 4,915 residents in 1,220 households: that is Saint-Georges at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the French Guiana 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-Georges
Immigrants
INSEE counts 1,900 immigrants in Saint-Georges (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 38% of residents, against – for the median compared commune in French Guiana. 44% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A young town
Half of Saint-Georges’ residents are under 22.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are under 15 and 5% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
52% of households are couples with children and 14% single parents with children; 35% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Saint-Georges had 3,855 residents at the 2012 census and 4,915 in 2023, up 27%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Georges grew +27% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 96% 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
In two steps, +7% to 2017 and +19% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in French Guiana.
5% of residents are 65 or over, below 99% 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-Georges 22.9. The median compared French town: 44.
18% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 52% in Saint-Georges, more than in 99% 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 French Guiana median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households make up 14%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. There are 4 people in the average household.
More households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 69%
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
In the last two years, 17% of households moved in; at the other end, 6.5% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have so few flats: 20% here, fewer than in 67% of compared French towns. Households without a car make up 11% in the typical compared French town. Second homes: 3.7% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 7.8%
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 manager or professional is 9.4%; Saint-Georges has 4.5%. To put it in context, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Saint-Georges, 38% of residents are immigrants, more than in 99% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 44% of residents are foreign nationals here. Elsewhere, 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 15% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are single here. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 7.4% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 make up 61%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 4,873 to 4,961 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 22.9 in Saint-Georges to 63.9 in Quiberon.
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-Georges
What is the population of Saint-Georges?
4,915 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 27% more than in 2012 (3,855).
How old are Saint-Georges’ residents?
The median age is 22.9, younger than 99% of compared French towns. 42% are under 18 and 5% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Georges?
54, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Georges?
INSEE counts 1,860 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 38% of residents, and 2,140 foreign nationals (44%). 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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