Flats: 1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The share of second homes is 9.4%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. About one in 37: that is how common households without a car are in Saint-Aubin (2.7%). Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in 86% of compared French towns: 16%. Census day 2023: 148 residents and 69 households locally.
Throughout this page, the Indre 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-Aubin
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Aubin had 204 residents at the 2012 census and 148 in 2023, down 27%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 16 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−27% since 2012, a pace below 99% 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
The median Indre town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −12% and the next six −18%.
5.6% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 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-Aubin 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Saint-Aubin’s residents are over 46.1, older than in 64% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 14% of households are couples with children
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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households make up 29%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.2 people on average. One-person households are rarer here than in 83% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Aubin ranks above 97% of compared French towns on empty homes: 17%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A median of €26,100 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €26,100 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
7.1% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 90% 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
In Saint-Aubin, 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. 29% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Aubin ranks below 81% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.1%
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.
Foreign nationals: 1.9% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Indre has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 19%, a lower share than 97% 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
Here 49% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 92% of compared French towns: 11%
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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 23% in Saint-Aubin and 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 148 to 2,582 people: this is the 19th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Saint-Aubin are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Aubin | 46.1 | 16% | 9.4% | 3.1% |
| Issoudun 11,159 · 6.6 mi | 52 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.7% |
| Ardentes 3,715 · 12.2 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 4% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 6,463 · 14.5 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 3% | 6.7% |
| Déols 7,600 · 15.4 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 1.3% | 5.3% |
| Le Poinçonnet 5,855 · 15.7 mi | 53.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 4.4% |
| Châteauroux 42,963 · 15.8 mi | 45.2 | 26% | 2.7% | 12% |
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-Aubin
What is the population of Saint-Aubin?
148 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 27% fewer than in 2012 (204).
How old are Saint-Aubin’s residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Aubin?
9, with occasional dwellings: 9.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Aubin?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Aubin?
€26,100 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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