Saint-Épain ranks below 92% of compared French towns on flats: 7.2%
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 8.8% of homes are second homes in Saint-Épain. 40% of households are headed by a retired person, a higher share than in 83% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,471, in 660 households. Census figures put single-parent households at 6.8% here.
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-Épain
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Épain had 1,552 residents at the 2012 census and 1,471 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.
From 2012 to 2023, 89% of compared French towns grew faster than Saint-Épain: −5%
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 +1%; from 2017 to 2023, −6%.
Saint-Épain 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-Épain 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
26% of households are couples with children, more than in 53% 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
The average household has 2.2 people. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. At 35%, one-person households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Above 85% of compared French towns: 11% of homes stand empty
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 24%. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Saint-Épain has fewer households in social housing than 77% of compared French towns, at 6.8%. The figure for households without a car is 8.2% in Saint-Épain and 11% in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,390 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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,390 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
In Saint-Épain, 4.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 89% 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
16% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. For comparison, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 88% of compared French towns: 2.4%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Saint-Épain. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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-Épain ranks below 89% of compared French towns on single residents: 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, nearly half of residents 15 and over are married here. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Saint-Épain, 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 72% 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
Put another way, about one in five: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Ranked by age, 15th 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).
Saint-Épain sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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-Épain | 47.8 | 23% | 8.8% | 2.4% |
| Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine 4,092 · 3.9 mi | 51 | 33% | 2.4% | 3.9% |
| Artannes-sur-Indre 2,795 · 8.9 mi | 46.4 | 20% | 3.4% | 3.3% |
| Azay-le-Rideau 3,438 · 9.2 mi | 46 | 24% | 10% | 5% |
| Sorigny 2,938 · 9.3 mi | 40 | 17% | 1% | 4.7% |
| Monts 8,080 · 9.9 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 1.1% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Branchs 2,637 · 11.3 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.9% | 2.1% |
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-Épain
What is the population of Saint-Épain?
1,471 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,552).
How old are Saint-Épain’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 74% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Épain?
73, with occasional dwellings: 8.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Épain?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Épain?
€24,390 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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