Saint-Pierre sits below 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (8.5%)
The share of households without a car is 44%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Saint-Pierre had 3,961 residents in 1,940 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 32: 3.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional. More second homes than in 85% of compared French towns: 7.7%.
Throughout this page, the Martinique 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-Pierre
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Pierre had 4,341 residents at the 2012 census and 3,961 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 410 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Pierre’s residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Social housing
31% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 17% rent privately and 45% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −9% change since 2012: slower than 96% 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 −5%, then −4% to 2023.
A median age of 51.6: Saint-Pierre is older than 88% 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-Pierre 51.6. The median compared French town: 44.
27% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. For Saint-Pierre, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.6%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
27% of households are single parents, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Martinique median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2 people. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. 47% of households are one person living alone, more than in 89% of compared French towns.
In Saint-Pierre, 16% of homes stand empty, more than in 97% 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
31% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Across Saint-Pierre, 27% of homes are flats.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 62% of compared French towns: 12%
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 retired person come to 31% in Saint-Pierre, about three in ten. The usual figure: 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 63% of compared French towns: 5%
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 figure for foreign nationals is 5.3% in Saint-Pierre and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Saint-Pierre: 55% of residents 15 and over are single, above 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
Married residents: 26%, below 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Saint-Pierre ranks below 99% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 11%
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
In Saint-Pierre, just over two in five adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 3,936 to 3,988 people, the 6th 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.
Suippes is the youngest (32.4); Erquy the oldest (64.9).
Saint-Pierre sits below 4 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-Pierre | 51.6 | 27% | 7.7% | 5% |
| Le Carbet 3,721 · 3.1 mi | 51.9 | 27% | 15% | 2.2% |
| Le Morne-Rouge 4,388 · 3.5 mi | 52.7 | 29% | 3.8% | 2.9% |
| Case-Pilote 4,537 · 7.8 mi | 48.6 | 22% | 2.5% | 2.3% |
| Basse-Pointe 2,852 · 8.9 mi | 57.1 | 33% | 1.2% | 2.5% |
| Le Lorrain 6,566 · 9 mi | 54.3 | 29% | 0.6% | 2.7% |
| Schœlcher 19,478 · 10.3 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 6% | 2.8% |
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-Pierre
What is the population of Saint-Pierre?
3,961 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (4,341).
How old are Saint-Pierre’s residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Pierre?
200, with occasional dwellings: 7.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Pierre?
INSEE counts 200 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 210 foreign nationals (5.3%). 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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