Saint-André-en-Morvan is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 57.6
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 47% of households are headed by a retired person in Saint-André-en-Morvan. This Nièvre town had 309 residents in 160 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 0.6% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Saint-André-en-Morvan
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-André-en-Morvan, 38% of its 280 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 97% 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 Saint-André-en-Morvan’s residents are under 57.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-André-en-Morvan ranks above 96% of compared French towns on second homes: 38%
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
5.8% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 4.4% of homes stand empty in Saint-André-en-Morvan.
A growing town: +6% since 2012, faster than 56% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nièvre town −8%. The first five years brought +7%; the six to 2023, ±0%.
Saint-André-en-Morvan sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (5%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-André-en-Morvan 57.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Saint-André-en-Morvan has 33%. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
Saint-André-en-Morvan ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 3.1%
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
With one-person households at 38%, Saint-André-en-Morvan is ahead of 63% of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children make up about one in five here (21%).
A median standard of living of €25,540 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 residents live in households above €25,540 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Saint-André-en-Morvan ranks above 78% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 16%
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 12%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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).
5.9% of residents in Saint-André-en-Morvan 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Nièvre has 5.9%. Across Saint-André-en-Morvan, 3.9% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-André-en-Morvan ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 15%
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Saint-André-en-Morvan has 50%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 85% 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification here. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 309 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Saint-André-en-Morvan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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-André-en-Morvan
What is the population of Saint-André-en-Morvan?
309 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (291).
How old are Saint-André-en-Morvan’s residents?
The median age is 57.6, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-André-en-Morvan?
100, with occasional dwellings: 38% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-André-en-Morvan?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-André-en-Morvan?
€25,540 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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