Saint-Junien is older than 83% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.9
Households headed by a retired person: 38%, above 78% of compared French towns. Few places have as many one-person households: 46% here, more than in 87% of compared French towns. Saint-Junien had 11,415 residents in 5,900 households at the 2023 census. Across Saint-Junien, 16% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Haute-Vienne 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.
Since 2012, Saint-Junien has changed by ±0%, slower than 68% 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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Haute-Vienne town +1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −2%; from 2017 to 2023, +2%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 82% of compared French towns: 29%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Junien 49.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 9.3% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Vienne 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer couples with children than 84% of compared French towns: 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 Haute-Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 1.9 people. Saint-Junien has fewer single-parent households than 64% of compared French towns, at 9.2%. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Junien ranks above 65% of compared French towns on households without a car: 14%
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
Car-free households: one in seven, where the median compared French town has 11%. The census found that 8.5% of homes stand empty in Saint-Junien. Higher than in two thirds of compared French towns: 3.5% of homes are second homes.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,690 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.
Living standards centre on €24,690 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 64% of compared French towns. 16.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Above 70% of compared French towns: 17% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 4.5%, a lower share than 68% 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.
For Saint-Junien, the census puts foreign nationals at 3.6%. Measured more widely, 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-Junien sits below 72% of compared French towns for married residents (40%)
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
Single residents make up about one in four here (26%). By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
24% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 75% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 11,208 to 11,632 people, the 5th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Épinay-sous-Sénart (33.8), the youngest, and Villefranche-de-Rouergue (52.7), the oldest.
Around Saint-Junien, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Junien | 49.9 | 29% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
| Rochechouart 3,603 · 5.5 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 11% | 6.4% |
| Oradour-sur-Glane 2,550 · 6.6 mi | 44.8 | 25% | 3.4% | 2.6% |
| Verneuil-sur-Vienne 4,903 · 11.5 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 3.3% | 3.4% |
| Aixe-sur-Vienne 5,890 · 13.2 mi | 47.3 | 27% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 14 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 3,777 · 15.3 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
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-Junien
What is the population of Saint-Junien?
11,415 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (11,373).
How old are Saint-Junien’s residents?
The median age is 49.9, older than 83% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Junien?
240, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Junien?
INSEE counts 510 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 410 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Junien?
€24,690 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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