A higher share of couples with children than 88% of compared French towns, at 33%
Residents aged 65 and over: 18% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker account for 25%. 7% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 76% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 6,621 people lived in Sury-le-Comtal, in 2,710 households.
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.
+11% since 2012, a pace 72% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Loire town +3%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +10%; 2017 to 2023, +1%.
Younger than 81% of compared French towns: half of Sury-le-Comtal is under 39.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sury-le-Comtal 39.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Sury-le-Comtal has 13%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
6.6% of households are single parents, fewer than in 92% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Sury-le-Comtal has 30%. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
Empty homes: 11%, a higher share than 82% 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
Nothing unusual on second homes: 1.6%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. At 7.5%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 70% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. For Sury-le-Comtal, the census puts flats at 22%.
A typical living standard of €24,260 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.
At €24,260 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 68% of compared French towns. Some 15.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
Sury-le-Comtal ranks below 80% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 5.5%
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
On households headed by a retired person, Sury-le-Comtal sits lower than 55% of compared French towns: 32%. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 76% of compared French towns: 8.4%
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.
Immigrants: 10%, above 71% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 80% of compared French towns: 47%
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 census found that nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Sury-le-Comtal. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 78% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
With adults with no qualification at 23%, Sury-le-Comtal is ahead of 70% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 6,556 to 6,691 people, the 6th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Chasse-sur-Rhône (36.3), the youngest, and Châtelaillon-Plage (59.8), the oldest.
Sury-le-Comtal is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sury-le-Comtal | 39.7 | 18% | 1.6% | 10% |
| Bonson 4,557 · 1.9 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 1% | 5.8% |
| Saint-Romain-le-Puy 4,142 · 3.2 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.2% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez 5,116 · 3.2 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 2.7% | 1.8% |
| Andrézieux-Bouthéon 10,425 · 3.9 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 1.2% | 14% |
| Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert 15,764 · 4.2 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 1.1% | 3.7% |
| Veauche 8,975 · 5.3 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 Sury-le-Comtal
What is the population of Sury-le-Comtal?
6,621 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (5,979).
How old are Sury-le-Comtal’s residents?
The median age is 39.7, younger than 81% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sury-le-Comtal?
50, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sury-le-Comtal?
INSEE counts 670 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 560 foreign nationals (8.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sury-le-Comtal?
€24,260 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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