A town of second homes: 34% of its homes
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 85 households in Saint-Simon at the 2023 Census, home to 195 residents. Census figures put flats at 0.7% locally. The figure for one-person households is 25% in Saint-Simon and 35% in the typical compared French town.
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-Simon
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 49 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Simon, 34% of its 140 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Saint-Simon had 166 residents at the 2012 census and 195 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of households without a car than 97% of compared French towns: 3.6%
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
14% of households arrived within the last two years, while 17% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have as many empty homes: 7.2% here, more than in 56% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%.
A growing town: +17% since 2012, faster than 87% 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 +4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +13%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Lot town −1%.
27% of residents are 65 or over, a share 76% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Simon 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Saint-Simon is 45.8, higher than in 61% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Locally, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Simon sits above 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (19%)
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
Average household size: 2.3 people. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. Lower than in 51% of compared French towns: 25% of households are couples with children.
€28,420 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 €28,420 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 74% 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
13% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). The wider picture: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 60% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 73% of compared French towns: 7.8%
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.
8.8% of residents are immigrants (typical compared French town: 6.5%). That is higher than in 65% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
A larger share of married residents than 98% of compared French towns: 54%
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
By its share of single residents (21%), Saint-Simon is below 87% of compared French towns. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
42% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 83% 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification here. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 20th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Saint-Simon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Simon | 45.8 | 27% | 34% | 8.8% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 7.7 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Saint-Céré 3,429 · 11.2 mi | 54.6 | 36% | 7.6% | 8% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 11.2 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 14.8 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
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-Simon
What is the population of Saint-Simon?
195 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (166).
How old are Saint-Simon’s residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 61% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Simon?
49, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Simon?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.8% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (7.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Simon?
€28,420 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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