4.3% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In Saint-Michel, 3.2% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 151, in 66 households. 1.3% of homes are flats. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 67% 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.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Michel
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 9 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Michel, 11% of its 82 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 8.3% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Saint-Michel had 125 residents at the 2012 census and 151 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
11% of homes in Saint-Michel are second homes
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Of all households, 8.1% moved in during the last two years and 29% have stayed three decades or more. Nothing unusual on empty homes: 7.5%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Michel’s population changed by +21% since 2012, more than in 91% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −2%, then +23% to 2023. Over those years, the median Loiret town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%.
Above 87% of compared French towns: 30% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Michel 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 46.5, Saint-Michel is older than nearly two thirds of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 8.3% of households are single parents in Saint-Michel. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in three: a third of households are couples with children.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,820 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.
Living standards centre on €25,820 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
25% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns
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
Households headed by a manager or professional account for 8.3%. Set beside that, 32% 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).
Fewer foreign nationals than 77% of compared French towns: 2.1%
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 make up 4.3%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 71% 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.
A larger share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 56%
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 single residents is 16% in Saint-Michel and 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 16% in Saint-Michel, less than in 95% of compared French towns
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 27%, Saint-Michel is ahead of 84% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 151 to 2,582
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.
Saint-Michel 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-Michel | 46.5 | 30% | 11% | 4.3% |
| Pithiviers 8,856 · 9.4 mi | 40.7 | 22% | 3.7% | 24% |
| Puiseaux 3,299 · 10.6 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 3.2% | 6.8% |
| Lorris 2,996 · 14.1 mi | 50.4 | 32% | 5.4% | 6.3% |
| Loury 2,616 · 14.1 mi | 44 | 18% | 3.3% | 4.7% |
| Traînou 3,402 · 14.1 mi | 41.4 | 16% | 1.4% | 3.8% |
| Fay-aux-Loges 3,916 · 14.3 mi | 40.6 | 17% | 2.4% | 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-Michel
What is the population of Saint-Michel?
151 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (125).
How old are Saint-Michel’s residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 66% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Michel?
9, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Michel?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Michel?
€25,820 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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