Half of Saint-Clair is over 55.8, older than 95% of compared French towns
53% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). At the 2023 Census Saint-Clair was home to 143 people in 76 households. The census found that 4.3% of homes are flats here. Fewer households in social housing than in 85% of compared French towns: 5.2%.
Throughout this page, the Lot 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-Clair
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 25 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Clair, 22% of its 120 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Clair’s residents are under 55.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 14 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
1.3% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% 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
Empty homes make up 12%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Second homes are more common here than in 94% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 80% of compared French towns grew faster than Saint-Clair: −3%
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Lot town, the change came in two steps: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then −1% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Clair 55.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a third of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 92% of compared French towns: 6.7%
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 Lot median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 1.9 people. Couples with children are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 33% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,910 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 €24,910 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Saint-Clair: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Clair: 6.3% of residents are immigrants
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.
The median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 52% of compared French towns. About one in 16: that is how common immigrants are in Saint-Clair (6.3%). At 4.2%, foreign nationals sit close to the figure 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.
In Saint-Clair, 17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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
46% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
More adults with no qualification than 73% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Here 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 143 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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).
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Saint-Clair
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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-Clair
What is the population of Saint-Clair?
143 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (147).
How old are Saint-Clair’s residents?
The median age is 55.8, older than 95% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Clair?
25, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Clair?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Clair?
€24,910 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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