A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.4%
41% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Saint-Vincent had 1,089 residents in 470 households at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.8% of the total. Lower than in 88% of compared French towns: 5% of households have no car.
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-Vincent
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 69 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Vincent, 11% of its 620 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 83 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Saint-Vincent, 0.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer 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
Nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 22% have been in their home 30 years or more. The share of households in social housing in the typical compared French town is 12%. Higher than in 89% of compared French towns: 11% of homes are second homes. With empty homes at 13%, Saint-Vincent is ahead of 92% of compared French towns on that count.
Growth of +11% since 2012 puts Saint-Vincent ahead of 74% 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
Over those years, the median Haute-Loire town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +4%, then +8% to 2023.
Saint-Vincent: 25% of residents are 65 or over, above 69% 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-Vincent 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.7, Saint-Vincent is older than just over three fifths of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Vincent sits below 85% of compared French towns for one-person households (28%)
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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Couples with children are more common here than in 72% of compared French towns. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. There is little gap on single-parent households: 9.6%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €24,930 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 €24,930 a year: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 2% in Saint-Vincent, less than in 99% 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
Households headed by a manual worker make up 16%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 9.4% of 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).
Immigrants make up 2.6% in Saint-Vincent, less than in 86% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 1.6%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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 92% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Married: 45%; in a PACS: 9.2%; against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town, with 6.2% widowed. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Vincent ranks below 90% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 12%
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Saint-Vincent. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,089 to 2,582 people), the 20th 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-Vincent is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Vincent | 45.7 | 25% | 11% | 2.6% |
| Polignac 2,819 · 5.9 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 6.3% | 1.8% |
| Chadrac 2,542 · 6.2 mi | 53.1 | 32% | 1.8% | 8.7% |
| Brives-Charensac 4,244 · 7.1 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 5.7% |
| Retournac 3,007 · 7.2 mi | 51.1 | 32% | 17% | 3.8% |
| Espaly-Saint-Marcel 3,585 · 7.5 mi | 47 | 25% | 2.4% | 6.5% |
| Le Puy-en-Velay 18,540 · 7.8 mi | 44.6 | 26% | 5.9% | 12% |
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-Vincent
What is the population of Saint-Vincent?
1,089 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (977).
How old are Saint-Vincent’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Vincent?
69, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Vincent?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Vincent?
€24,930 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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