Photo: Moonik · CC BY-SA 3.0Households headed by a manager or professional: 44%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
With flats at 85%, Saint-Cloud is ahead of 97% of compared French towns on that count. There were 13,200 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 29,855 residents. Households without a car account for 26%. Lower than in 71% of compared French towns: 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Throughout this page, the Hauts-de-Seine 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-Cloud
Many graduates
74% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 50% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 4,800 immigrants in Saint-Cloud (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 16% of residents, against 18% for the median compared commune in Hauts-de-Seine. 11% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Saint-Cloud has changed by +1%, slower than 64% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +2%; from 2017 to 2023, ±0%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Hauts-de-Seine town +4%.
Half of Saint-Cloud is under 41.2, younger than 71% 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-Cloud 41.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 12% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hauts-de-Seine 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 67% of compared French towns, at 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 Hauts-de-Seine median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 8.9% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. 38% of households are one person living alone. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%.
3.2% of homes are second homes, a share 64% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 four, where the median compared French town has 11%. About one in 13: that is how common empty homes are in Saint-Cloud (7.5%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 54% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
€45,740 a year: the median standard of living
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.
The median standard of living in Saint-Cloud is €45,740 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. Some 7.7% of residents fall below the poverty line.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 1.9% in Saint-Cloud, 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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 24% in Saint-Cloud and 32% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
16% of residents are immigrants, more than in 87% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Saint-Cloud has 11%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 46% in Saint-Cloud, more than in 74% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Saint-Cloud comes in at 28%. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns, at 74%
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: 7.5% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
12th highest median age among 41 French towns of 28,534 to 31,189
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 Clichy-sous-Bois (30.5), the youngest, and Agde (56.2), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Saint-Cloud
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Cloud | 41.2 | 19% | 3.2% | 16% |
| Garches 17,743 · 1.1 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Boulogne-Billancourt 119,019 · 1.6 mi | 39.2 | 17% | 5.9% | 18% |
| Suresnes 48,956 · 1.6 mi | 37.5 | 14% | 2.6% | 18% |
| Sèvres 22,303 · 1.9 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 4.2% | 17% |
| Ville-d'Avray 11,089 · 2 mi | 44.3 | 19% | 3.8% | 15% |
| Rueil-Malmaison 82,874 · 2.2 mi | 39.9 | 17% | 2.1% | 17% |
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-Cloud
What is the population of Saint-Cloud?
29,855 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (29,436).
How old are Saint-Cloud’s residents?
The median age is 41.2, younger than 71% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Cloud?
470, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Cloud?
INSEE counts 4,810 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 3,340 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Cloud?
€45,740 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.7% 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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