22% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 91% of compared French towns
With residents aged 65 and over at 26%, Saint-Avertin is ahead of 72% of compared French towns on that count. The share of single-parent households stands at 7.4%. Empty homes are rarer here than in 73% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 14,999 residents in the town, living in 6,860 households.
Throughout this page, the Indre-et-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-Avertin
Many graduates
48% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 20% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Avertin changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 66% 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 Indre-et-Loire town +5%.
Saint-Avertin is older than 74% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Avertin 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
On the census count, 10% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
25% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 52% 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 Indre-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.2 people. At 35%, the share of one-person households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Avertin ranks below 63% of compared French towns on households without a car: 8.5%
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
Turnover: 10% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 19% have lived in their home 30 years or more. By way of comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. 1.7% of homes are second homes, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €32,380 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.
The median standard of living in Saint-Avertin is €32,380 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 8.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 5.9% in Saint-Avertin, less than in 94% 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
36% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. 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).
Below 61% of compared French towns: 3.3% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
That is lower than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Indre-et-Loire has 4.3%. Locally, 5.7% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
51% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 93% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Saint-Avertin. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
48% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 91% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification in Saint-Avertin. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 14,541 to 15,442
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 Lognes (34.9), the youngest, and Saint-Jean-de-Luz (54.3), the oldest.
Saint-Avertin is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Avertin | 47.8 | 26% | 1.7% | 5.7% |
| Chambray-lès-Tours 12,720 · 1.7 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 3% | 8.8% |
| Larçay 2,657 · 1.9 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 2.1% | 4.7% |
| Saint-Pierre-des-Corps 15,898 · 2.4 mi | 40.5 | 21% | 1.2% | 20% |
| La Ville-aux-Dames 5,606 · 2.9 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.2% | 7.1% |
| Tours 139,259 · 3.1 mi | 34.8 | 19% | 3.8% | 12% |
| Joué-lès-Tours 38,423 · 3.4 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 1% | 15% |
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-Avertin
What is the population of Saint-Avertin?
14,999 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (14,856).
How old are Saint-Avertin’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 74% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Avertin?
130, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Avertin?
INSEE counts 860 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 490 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Avertin?
€32,380 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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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