Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.6% of households have no car
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Saint-André-le-Puy has 9.3%. The town counted 1,530 residents and 620 households at the 2023 Census. For Saint-André-le-Puy, the census puts one-person households at 22%. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 95% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the 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.
A +15% change since 2012: faster than 83% 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
In two steps, +16% to 2017 and −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +3% in Loire.
Saint-André-le-Puy is younger than 65% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-André-le-Puy 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
21% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 32% in Saint-André-le-Puy, more than in 85% 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 Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.5 people. To put it in context, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of single-parent households here, 9.5%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Saint-André-le-Puy sits below 70% of compared French towns for households in social housing (8.1%)
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 empty homes is 5.2%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Here, 1.7% of homes are second homes.
Median living standard: €27,180 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.
Half of residents live in households above €27,180 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 77% of compared French towns, at 27%
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-André-le-Puy, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional: 8% of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Saint-André-le-Puy, 2.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 90% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 1.7%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
50% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Saint-André-le-Puy sits below 74% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (15%)
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Saint-André-le-Puy. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,530 to 2,582 people, the 9th youngest
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).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Saint-André-le-Puy 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-André-le-Puy | 42.1 | 21% | 1.7% | 2.2% |
| Montrond-les-Bains 5,652 · 1.2 mi | 48.3 | 29% | 1.7% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Galmier 5,829 · 4.6 mi | 47.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Veauche 8,975 · 5.9 mi | 47.5 | 27% | 1% | 3.7% |
| Chazelles-sur-Lyon 5,543 · 6.3 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.3% |
| Feurs 8,367 · 6.7 mi | 50.7 | 32% | 2% | 6.7% |
| Andrézieux-Bouthéon 10,425 · 8.1 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 1.2% | 14% |
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-André-le-Puy
What is the population of Saint-André-le-Puy?
1,530 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (1,326).
How old are Saint-André-le-Puy’s residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-André-le-Puy?
12, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-André-le-Puy?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-André-le-Puy?
€27,180 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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