Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.9
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt has 1.8%. There were 260 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 842 residents. Flats make up about one in 16 here (6.2%). Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are scarce here: 2%, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns.
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-Benoît-la-Forêt
An older town
Half of Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt’s residents are under 54.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 16% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt had 888 residents at the 2012 census and 842 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt changed by −5% from 2012 to 2023, behind 89% 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
4.8% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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-Benoît-la-Forêt 54.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 36% of residents are 65 or over here. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 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 one person living alone, fewer than in 94% 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
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 32%, more than in 84% of compared French towns. On top of that, the share of single-parent households is 13%, against 10% in the typical compared French town.
6.2% of homes are second homes, more than in 81% 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
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 14% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. One in ten homes stand empty.
€27,350 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €27,350 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 91% of compared French towns: 43%
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 manager or professional: 5.6% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt sits below 99% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (0.4%)
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 92% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Indre-et-Loire has 4.3%. Put another way, about one in 50: 2% 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.
Married residents make up 37% in Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt, less than in 84% 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
Single residents account for 25%. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt sits above 56% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (32%)
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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 18% in Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Every neighbor is younger than Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt | 54.9 | 36% | 6.2% | 2% |
| Chinon 8,144 · 4.5 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 5.6% | 5.1% |
| Beaumont-en-Véron 2,717 · 6.2 mi | 50.9 | 25% | 5.5% | 3.1% |
| Azay-le-Rideau 3,438 · 7.6 mi | 46 | 24% | 10% | 5% |
| Bourgueil 3,631 · 8.6 mi | 52 | 31% | 7.8% | 2.5% |
| Langeais 4,367 · 8.9 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 2.5% | 5.6% |
| Cinq-Mars-la-Pile 4,015 · 11.4 mi | 38.4 | 14% | 2.7% | 2.9% |
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-Benoît-la-Forêt
What is the population of Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt?
842 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (888).
How old are Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt’s residents?
The median age is 54.9, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt?
19, with occasional dwellings: 6.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Benoît-la-Forêt?
€27,350 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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