Le Saint is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.4
Single-parent households make up 4.8%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Le Saint is home to 612 residents in 320 households, by the 2023 Census. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 44% here. At 0.9%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Morbihan 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 Le Saint
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 61 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Saint, 14% of its 440 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Le Saint’s residents are under 55.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 63 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Le Saint, 14% of homes are second homes, more than in 90% 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
5.4% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
Le Saint changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 73% 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 change was −5% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 3.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Saint 55.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Le Saint, 31%. Typically, 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: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Le Saint ranks above 81% of compared French towns on one-person households: 44%
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 Morbihan median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Le Saint has 19%. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €22,760 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.
Half of Le Saint’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,760 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
3.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 96% 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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Le Saint, 19%. Elsewhere, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 4.8%, a lower share than 66% of compared French towns
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.
Compared with other places, foreign nationals are common here: 4.4%, more than in 52% of compared French towns. Typically, 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.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Le Saint
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
45% 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%.
Graduates of higher education: 23%, a lower share than 77% 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
Roughly two in ten: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 612 to 2,582 people: this is 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).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Le Saint are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Saint | 55.4 | 31% | 14% | 4.8% |
| Gourin 3,960 · 3.7 mi | 55.3 | 33% | 7.6% | 4.3% |
| Le Faouët 2,814 · 5 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 8.2% | 3.8% |
| Scaër 5,178 · 8.6 mi | 51 | 28% | 4.6% | 2.6% |
| Carhaix-Plouguer 7,412 · 12.4 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.9% | 6% |
| Bannalec 5,725 · 12.7 mi | 48 | 24% | 5.8% | 2.2% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Faou 3,651 · 13.6 mi | 51.2 | 30% | 15% | 7.4% |
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 Le Saint
What is the population of Le Saint?
612 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (617).
How old are Le Saint’s residents?
The median age is 55.4, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Saint?
61, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Saint?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Saint?
€22,760 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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