A median age of 56.5: Sainte-Eulalie is older than 96% of compared French towns
3.4% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 37 residents in Sainte-Eulalie, living in 17 households. Households without a car account for 19%. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 10%, more than in four fifths of compared French towns.
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 Sainte-Eulalie
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 36 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sainte-Eulalie, 61% of its 59 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 94% 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
50% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 11% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sainte-Eulalie had 46 residents at the 2012 census and 37 in 2023, down 20%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Sainte-Eulalie’s residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 17% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Sainte-Eulalie: 61% of homes are second homes, above 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
Without a car: one household in five, against 11% in the median compared French town. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Sainte-Eulalie changed by −20% from 2012 to 2023, behind 99% 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 −20% and the next six ±0%.
Sainte-Eulalie sits above 82% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (29%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sainte-Eulalie 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lozère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
In Sainte-Eulalie, 50% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. One-person households are rarer here than in 94% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Sainte-Eulalie sits above 97% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (50%)
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. As a yardstick, 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).
0% of residents in Sainte-Eulalie 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.
A higher share of married residents than 95% of compared French towns, at 52%
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Sainte-Eulalie. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Above 74% of compared French towns: 24% of adults out of school have no qualification
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 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 37 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Sainte-Eulalie and the towns 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Eulalie | 56.5 | 29% | 61% | 0% |
| Saint-Chély-d'Apcher 3,955 · 9.3 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 Sainte-Eulalie
What is the population of Sainte-Eulalie?
37 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% fewer than in 2012 (46).
How old are Sainte-Eulalie’s residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Eulalie?
36, with occasional dwellings: 61% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Eulalie?
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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