Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Plantaire is over 59.4
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Saint-Plantaire has 54%. Lower than in 99% of compared French towns: 1.7% of homes are flats. The town counted 601 residents and 310 households at the 2023 Census. 18% of households are couples with children.
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-Plantaire
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 220 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Plantaire, 41% of its 540 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Plantaire’s residents are under 59.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
41% of homes are second homes, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 2.6% in Saint-Plantaire. For Saint-Plantaire, the census puts households in social housing at 0.3%. On households without a car, Saint-Plantaire sits lower than 63% of compared French towns: 8.5%. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Saint-Plantaire has grown +7%, faster than 59% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +10%, then −2% to 2023. Over those years, the median Indre town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%.
Saint-Plantaire sits above 96% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (37%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Plantaire 59.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.7% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Plantaire ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 3.3%
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 tops just over three fifths of compared French towns: 38%. Households here average 2 people each. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Median standard of living: €22,450 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,450 a year: lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
Saint-Plantaire sits below 78% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (9.8%)
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 make up 8.2%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Plantaire: 6.3% of residents are immigrants
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.
Across Saint-Plantaire, 5.2% of residents are foreign nationals. That is lower than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Indre has 4.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-Plantaire sits above 89% of compared French towns for married residents (49%)
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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Saint-Plantaire has 22%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 66% of compared French towns, at 26%
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 share of adults with no qualification stands at 20%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 601 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Saint-Plantaire
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Plantaire | 59.4 | 37% | 41% | 6.3% |
| Argenton-sur-Creuse 4,786 · 12.1 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| La Souterraine 4,978 · 15.7 mi | 51.4 | 33% | 5.6% | 8.8% |
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-Plantaire
What is the population of Saint-Plantaire?
601 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (562).
How old are Saint-Plantaire’s residents?
The median age is 59.4, older than 98% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Plantaire?
220, with occasional dwellings: 41% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Plantaire?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (5.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Plantaire?
€22,450 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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