Households without a car make up 2.3% in Saint-Laurent-la-Conche, less than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of single-parent households is 4.1%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Saint-Laurent-la-Conche’s 250 households held 573 residents at the 2023 Census. 3.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in 32. At 7%, the share of flats is lower than in 92% 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.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Laurent-la-Conche
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Laurent-la-Conche had 608 residents at the 2012 census and 573 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Laurent-la-Conche’s residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−6% since 2012, a pace below 90% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Loire town +3%. The first five years brought ±0%; the six to 2023, −6%.
Half of Saint-Laurent-la-Conche is over 51.3, older than 87% 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-Laurent-la-Conche 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Saint-Laurent-la-Conche has 10%. Put another way, about one in five: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 97% of compared French towns: 23%
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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Higher than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 30% of households are couples with children.
Saint-Laurent-la-Conche sits below 75% of compared French towns for empty homes (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
Nothing unusual on second homes: 1.7%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 4.1% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 24% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €26,630 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,630 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
37% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 71% of compared French towns don’t reach
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-Laurent-la-Conche, 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The town has fewer households headed by a manual worker than 68% of compared French towns, at 11%. As a reference point, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Laurent-la-Conche ranks below 84% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.7%
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 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. For comparison, 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.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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
The figure for married residents is 52% in Saint-Laurent-la-Conche and 43% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Laurent-la-Conche sits below 72% 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
Roughly three in ten: 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 573 to 2,582 people: this is the 11th oldest
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).
Saint-Laurent-la-Conche 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-Laurent-la-Conche | 51.3 | 22% | 1.7% | 2.7% |
| Montrond-les-Bains 5,652 · 3.2 mi | 48.3 | 29% | 1.7% | 4.4% |
| Feurs 8,367 · 3.9 mi | 50.7 | 32% | 2% | 6.7% |
| Saint-Galmier 5,829 · 7.9 mi | 47.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Savigneux 3,509 · 8.2 mi | 48.5 | 27% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Chazelles-sur-Lyon 5,543 · 8.9 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.3% |
| Veauche 8,975 · 9 mi | 47.5 | 27% | 1% | 3.7% |
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-Laurent-la-Conche
What is the population of Saint-Laurent-la-Conche?
573 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (608).
How old are Saint-Laurent-la-Conche’s residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Laurent-la-Conche?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Laurent-la-Conche?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Laurent-la-Conche?
€26,630 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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