Saincaize-Meauce ranks above 99% of compared French towns on empty homes: 26%
Households in social housing make up 4.3%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 358 people lived in Saincaize-Meauce, in 160 households. The share of second homes stands at 6.3%. The town has fewer households headed by a manager or professional than just over three quarters of compared French towns, at 6.1%.
Throughout this page, the Nièvre 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 Saincaize-Meauce
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saincaize-Meauce had 416 residents at the 2012 census and 358 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 60 homes empty (26%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −14% since 2012, 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 Nièvre town changed −8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −10% and the next six −5%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.8%, a lower share than 84% 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
■ Saincaize-Meauce 43.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.6, Saincaize-Meauce is younger than 53% of compared French towns. In Saincaize-Meauce, 23% of residents are 65 or over. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
Saincaize-Meauce sits above 84% of compared French towns for single-parent households (13%)
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 Nièvre median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.3 people share a household. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 63% of compared French towns: 33% of households are one person living alone. Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 24% of households are couples with children in Saincaize-Meauce.
A lower share of households without a car than 68% of compared French towns, at 7.7%
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
Car-free households: one in 13, where the median compared French town has 11%. Flats make up about one in five here (20%).
€23,610 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.
The median standard of living in Saincaize-Meauce is €23,610 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 61% of compared French towns: 30%
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 manual worker. As a yardstick, nearly a third 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).
Only 2% of residents are immigrants in Saincaize-Meauce
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 92% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Nièvre has 5.9%. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up about one in 50 here (2%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 22% in Saincaize-Meauce, less than in 80% 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
By its share of married residents (44%), Saincaize-Meauce is above 60% of compared French towns. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Only 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Saincaize-Meauce
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Saincaize-Meauce comes in at 22%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 358 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th youngest
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).
No nearby town is as young as Saincaize-Meauce
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saincaize-Meauce | 43.6 | 23% | 6.3% | 2% |
| Marzy 3,623 · 4.9 mi | 49.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 4.5% |
| La Guerche-sur-l'Aubois 3,151 · 6 mi | 51.2 | 32% | 6.8% | 1.9% |
| Nevers 33,085 · 6.2 mi | 45.5 | 26% | 3.5% | 14% |
| Fourchambault 3,992 · 6.9 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.2% | 6.3% |
| Varennes-Vauzelles 9,146 · 7.6 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Coulanges-lès-Nevers 3,688 · 7.7 mi | 51.8 | 32% | 1.6% | 4.6% |
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 Saincaize-Meauce
What is the population of Saincaize-Meauce?
358 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (416).
How old are Saincaize-Meauce’s residents?
The median age is 43.6, younger than 53% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saincaize-Meauce?
15, with occasional dwellings: 6.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saincaize-Meauce?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saincaize-Meauce?
€23,610 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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