Households without a car make up 3.7% in Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon, less than in 96% of compared French towns
The share of couples with children is 32%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon has fewer households headed by a manual worker than 72% of compared French towns, at 11%. There were 560 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 1,352 residents. The census found that 2.5% of households rent social housing (HLM) here.
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.
Since 2012, Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon has changed by +1%, slower than 66% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Loire town +3%.
Half of Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon is over 46.6, older than 67% 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-Paul-en-Cornillon 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24%, above 63% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 29% of households are one person living alone
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
On average, 2.3 people share a household. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. More single-parent households than in 74% of compared French towns: 12%.
In Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon, 20% of homes are flats, fewer than in 68% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 8.8%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 24%. Higher than in 72% of compared French towns: 4.1% of homes are second homes. 7.6% of homes stand empty, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €31,610 a year in standard of living
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 €31,610 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, 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 the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; in Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon, 34%. The usual figure: 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).
Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon sits below 94% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.8%)
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.
0.7% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Loire has 5.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 94% of compared French towns: 19%
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
With married residents at 48%, Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon is ahead of 83% of compared French towns on that count. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Above 86% of compared French towns: 43% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon, 13%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th oldest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon | 46.6 | 24% | 4.1% | 1.8% |
| Fraisses 3,872 · 1.6 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 1.1% | 3.3% |
| Unieux 8,514 · 1.8 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Aurec-sur-Loire 6,164 · 2.4 mi | 45.7 | 24% | 6.4% | 3% |
| Firminy 17,060 · 2.6 mi | 46.1 | 27% | 1.2% | 15% |
| Le Chambon-Feugerolles 12,314 · 4.5 mi | 42.8 | 24% | 1.6% | 13% |
| Roche-la-Molière 9,843 · 4.7 mi | 47 | 25% | 0.7% | 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-Paul-en-Cornillon
What is the population of Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon?
1,352 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,339).
How old are Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon’s residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon?
26, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Paul-en-Cornillon?
€31,610 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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