Flats make up 0.7% in Saint-Géron, less than in 99% of compared French towns
2.9% of households rent social housing (HLM); in the typical compared French town the figure is 12%. At 7.9%, the share of second homes is higher than in 85% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 243 residents in Saint-Géron, living in 110 households. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 8.3%.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Loire 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-Géron
Empty homes
The census found 22 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −2% change since 2012: slower than 79% 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
Here the change came as +4% to 2017, then −6% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Haute-Loire.
Saint-Géron is older than 67% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Géron 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, or about one in five.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 79% of compared French towns: 31%
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 Haute-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Saint-Géron, 33%. Average household size: 2.3 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
More empty homes than 96% of compared French towns: 16%
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 without a car make up 3.9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 22% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 4.7% (under two years).
Standard of living at the median: €27,020 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,020 a year: higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Only 4.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Saint-Géron
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 8.7% in Saint-Géron. By contrast, at 42%, the share of households headed by a retired person is higher than in 88% of compared French towns. The usual figure: nearly one in ten 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).
0.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer 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.
Foreign nationals: 0.4%, below 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 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.
Fewer single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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 married residents is 38% in Saint-Géron and 43% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Saint-Géron, 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 71% 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
Across Saint-Géron, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (243 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).
3 of 4 neighbors are older than Saint-Géron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Géron | 46.6 | 22% | 7.9% | 0.8% |
| Sainte-Florine 3,283 · 4.5 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 2.9% | 3.5% |
| Brioude 6,527 · 5.3 mi | 51.8 | 32% | 5.3% | 7.5% |
| Brassac-les-Mines 3,412 · 5.4 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 2.2% | 3.6% |
| Issoire 15,115 · 14.1 mi | 45.9 | 26% | 2% | 4.5% |
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-Géron
What is the population of Saint-Géron?
243 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (249).
How old are Saint-Géron’s residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Géron?
11, with occasional dwellings: 7.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Géron?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Géron?
€27,020 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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