A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.7%
In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents; in Saint-Julien-d'Oddes, 18%. The town has more households headed by a manual worker than 92% of compared French towns, at 23%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 300, in 120 households. 0.9% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Julien-d'Oddes
Empty homes
The census found 20 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +11% since 2012, faster than 72% 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
Over those years, the median Loire town changed +3% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved ±0%, then +10% to 2023.
Half of Saint-Julien-d'Oddes is under 41.5, younger than 69% 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-Julien-d'Oddes 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Saint-Julien-d'Oddes. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 21%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are one person living alone, below 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 Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of couples with children is 28%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.6 people share a household.
A lower share of flats than 95% of compared French towns, at 5%
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
Of all households, 7.2% moved in during the last two years and 30% have stayed three decades or more. 14% of homes stand empty, more than in 93% of compared French towns. Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Saint-Julien-d'Oddes has 5.8%.
The median resident lives on €28,420 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 €28,420 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
Below 89% of compared French towns: 4.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
For Saint-Julien-d'Oddes, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 32%. Measured more widely, 9.4% of 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 make up 1.4% in Saint-Julien-d'Oddes, less than in 97% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Saint-Julien-d'Oddes has 0.7%. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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-Julien-d'Oddes, 51% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 95% 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
By its share of single residents (21%), Saint-Julien-d'Oddes is below 84% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Above 72% of compared French towns: 24% of adults out of school have no 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
Here, 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
Ranked by age, 7th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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).
No nearby town is as young as Saint-Julien-d'Oddes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Julien-d'Oddes | 41.5 | 21% | 5.8% | 1.4% |
| Boën-sur-Lignon 3,001 · 7 mi | 55.3 | 35% | 2.3% | 3.6% |
| Balbigny 2,911 · 9.8 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 3.1% | 5.6% |
| Commelle-Vernay 3,050 · 10.9 mi | 49 | 27% | 1% | 3.5% |
| Villerest 5,172 · 10.9 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 1.9% | 6.1% |
| Le Coteau 6,845 · 12.9 mi | 54.7 | 36% | 1.6% | 6.8% |
| Feurs 8,367 · 13.5 mi | 50.7 | 32% | 2% | 6.7% |
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-Julien-d'Oddes
What is the population of Saint-Julien-d'Oddes?
300 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (271).
How old are Saint-Julien-d'Oddes’ residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Julien-d'Oddes?
8, with occasional dwellings: 5.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Julien-d'Oddes?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Julien-d'Oddes?
€28,420 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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