Flats: 1.1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
1.3% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). At the 2023 Census Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre was home to 1,222 people in 540 households. On the census count, 6.7% of residents are 15 to 24. One-person households are rarer here than in 95% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Loiret 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-Martin-sur-Ocre has changed by −2%, slower than 79% 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, −1% to 2017 and −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +6% in Loiret.
Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre is older than 82% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24%, above 61% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Only 7.4% of households are single parents in Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre
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 Loiret median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.3 people. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are couples with children in Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre.
A lower share of households without a car than 85% of compared French towns, at 5.4%
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
6.6% of households moved in less than two years ago; 29% have been in their home 30 years or more. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. At 3.7%, the share of second homes is higher than in 69% of compared French towns. With empty homes at 5.6%, Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre is behind 66% of compared French towns on that count.
€28,220 a year: the median 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.
Living standards centre on €28,220 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre ranks below 94% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 3.7%
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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 18% in Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre and 14% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 41%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre ranks below 83% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 1.7%
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.
3.9% of residents are immigrants, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loiret has 9.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 15% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Married residents: 53% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Only 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre
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
The census found that nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
41 French towns of 1,222 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre | 49.7 | 24% | 3.7% | 3.9% |
| Gien 13,459 · 2.5 mi | 43.2 | 24% | 5.9% | 19% |
| Briare 4,911 · 4.3 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 9.7% | 12% |
| Châtillon-sur-Loire 3,065 · 6.8 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 11% | 2.7% |
| Ouzouer-sur-Loire 2,543 · 11.2 mi | 45 | 20% | 7.4% | 3.2% |
| Nogent-sur-Vernisson 2,559 · 13.2 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 4.8% | 8.9% |
| Sully-sur-Loire 5,124 · 14.9 mi | 45.4 | 28% | 5% | 15% |
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-Martin-sur-Ocre
What is the population of Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre?
1,222 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,250).
How old are Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre’s residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre?
22, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre?
INSEE counts 48 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Martin-sur-Ocre?
€28,220 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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