Above 97% of compared French towns: 47% of homes are second homes
Households in social housing: 2.3%, below 96% of compared French towns. Here, 7.4% of homes are flats. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Saint-Gal had 89 residents in 43 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Lozère 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-Gal
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 38 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Gal, 47% of its 81 homes: higher than in 97% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Gal had 96 residents at the 2012 census and 89 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Gal’s residents are under 52.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 2.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 2.3% of households have no car in Saint-Gal
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
Long tenure is the mark of 12% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 14% (under two years). Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car.
Since 2012, Saint-Gal has changed by −7%, slower than 93% 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
The median Lozère town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −9% and the next six +2%.
Half of Saint-Gal is over 52.6, older than 90% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Gal 52.6. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over: 21% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
39% women, 61% men
About 65 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Lozère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 64% of compared French towns: 22%
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 Lozère median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, a third of households are one person living alone in Saint-Gal. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.1 people on average.
Households headed by a retired person make up 22% in Saint-Gal, less than in 91% 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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Saint-Gal has 22%. For comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 11% in the town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of Saint-Gal’s 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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Saint-Gal, 55% of residents 15 and over are married, more 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
27% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 98% of compared French towns, at 8.1%
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 figure for graduates of higher education is 32% in Saint-Gal and 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (89 to 2,582 people), the 8th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Saint-Gal is older 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-Gal | 52.6 | 21% | 47% | 0% |
| Marvejols 4,764 · 10.1 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 11% | 9.7% |
| Mende 12,464 · 10.5 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 6.6% | 13% |
| Saint-Chély-d'Apcher 3,955 · 11.9 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 9.6% | 5.6% |
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-Gal
What is the population of Saint-Gal?
89 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (96).
How old are Saint-Gal’s residents?
The median age is 52.6, older than 90% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Gal?
38, with occasional dwellings: 47% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Gal?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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