Flats make up 0.9% in Saint-Lactencin, less than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 97% of compared French towns: 7.2%. About one in 18: that is how common second homes are in Saint-Lactencin (5.6%). On households headed by a retired person, Saint-Lactencin sits higher than 92% of compared French towns: 44%. The town had 405 residents in 190 households at the 2023 census.
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-Lactencin
An older town
Half of Saint-Lactencin’s residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−2% since 2012, a pace below 77% 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 population moved +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Indre town −5%.
Older than 87% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Lactencin is over 51.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Lactencin 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Saint-Lactencin comes in at 29%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
In Saint-Lactencin, 5.5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 98% 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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of one-person households trails 73% of compared French towns: 31%. Couples with children are rarer here than in 77% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.1 people.
Only 3.6% of households have no car in Saint-Lactencin
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
The share of households in social housing trails four fifths of compared French towns: 6.3%. More empty homes than in 83% of compared French towns: 11%. Newcomers of less than two years account for 4.2% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 31%.
At the median, €24,710 a year to live on
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 €24,710 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 11% in Saint-Lactencin, more than in 57% 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 census found that 13% of households are headed by a manual worker in Saint-Lactencin. For comparison, nearly one in ten 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).
Immigrants: 0.7%, a lower share than 99% 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.
The median compared commune in Indre has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.7% in Saint-Lactencin.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Saint-Lactencin comes in at 46%. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
In Saint-Lactencin, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 405 to 2,582
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).
Around Saint-Lactencin, 2 of 6 towns have a higher 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-Lactencin | 51.3 | 29% | 5.6% | 0.7% |
| Buzançais 4,356 · 2.6 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 4.6% | 4.9% |
| Villedieu-sur-Indre 2,583 · 4.2 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Levroux 2,797 · 8.6 mi | 52 | 31% | 5.3% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Maur 3,537 · 9.6 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 3.3% |
| Déols 7,600 · 11.2 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 1.3% | 5.3% |
| Châteauroux 42,963 · 12 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-Lactencin
What is the population of Saint-Lactencin?
405 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (412).
How old are Saint-Lactencin’s residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Lactencin?
13, with occasional dwellings: 5.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Lactencin?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Lactencin?
€24,710 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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