Saint-Barthélemy ranks below 97% of compared French towns on households without a car: 3.5%
The figure for households in social housing is 4.2% in Saint-Barthélemy and 12% in the typical compared French town. Still, 13% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 88% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Saint-Barthélemy was home to 412 people in 170 households. Put another way, about one in nine: 11% of homes are flats.
Throughout this page, the Landes 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-Barthélemy
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 8.9% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +6% since 2012 puts Saint-Barthélemy ahead of 57% 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 +9%, then −2% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 16%, a lower share than 86% 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-Barthélemy 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Saint-Barthélemy’s residents are over 47.1, older than in 70% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Barthélemy: 34% of households are couples with children, above 90% 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 Landes median and the France median
Living alone · share
One in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 8.9% in Saint-Barthélemy. One-person households: 28% of the total. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes: 9.2%, a higher share than 74% 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
Compared with 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 3.2% of homes are second homes here. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 3.6%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 22%.
The median resident lives on €26,540 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 €26,540 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
In Saint-Barthélemy, 8.8% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 83% 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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (34%), Saint-Barthélemy is above 61% of compared French towns. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. 6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 17.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.7% of residents are foreign nationals in Saint-Barthélemy
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.
Here 2.7% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. That is lower than in 85% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Landes has 5.4%. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
In Saint-Barthélemy, 50% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 91% 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 make up about one in four here (25%). Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
8.4% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 98% 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
38% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 412 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Saint-Barthélemy is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Barthélemy | 47.1 | 16% | 3.2% | 2.7% |
| Urcuit 3,047 · 2.6 mi | 41.2 | 16% | 2.5% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx 6,238 · 2.9 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 3.8% | 4.8% |
| Lahonce 2,740 · 3.9 mi | 44.9 | 19% | 3.8% | 3.7% |
| Briscous 2,965 · 4.3 mi | 44.3 | 19% | 3.8% | 3.5% |
| Mouguerre 5,428 · 5.4 mi | 45.7 | 21% | 2.1% | 4.8% |
| Ondres 6,533 · 6.4 mi | 45.8 | 22% | 12% | 4.4% |
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-Barthélemy
What is the population of Saint-Barthélemy?
412 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (387).
How old are Saint-Barthélemy’s residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 70% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Barthélemy?
6, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Barthélemy?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% 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-Barthélemy?
€26,540 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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