Flats make up 1.2% in Saint-Aubin, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 18% in Saint-Aubin. The town is home to 328 residents in 140 households, by the 2023 Census. Households without a car: 3.5% of the total. Few places have as many couples with children: 29% here, more than in 70% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Nord 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-Aubin
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Aubin had 374 residents at the 2012 census and 328 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −12% since 2012 leaves Saint-Aubin behind 98% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −10%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nord town ±0%.
Older than 62% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Aubin is over 45.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Aubin 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Put another way, about one in ten: 10% of residents are 15 to 24. Little separates the share of residents aged 65 and over here, 22%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
In Saint-Aubin, 28% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 84% 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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
By its share of single-parent households (11%), Saint-Aubin is above 62% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.3 people each.
A higher share of empty homes than 61% of compared French towns, at 7.8%
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% of households arrived within the last two years, while 29% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes make up 2.2%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €28,310 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 €28,310 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
11% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 72% 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
Across Saint-Aubin, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.8% in Saint-Aubin, less than in 84% 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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 2.2% in Saint-Aubin and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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-Aubin sits above 74% of compared French towns for married residents (46%)
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Saint-Aubin comes in at 23%. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 66% of compared French towns: 35%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Saint-Aubin has 16%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 328 to 2,582 people, the 19th 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).
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Aubin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Aubin | 45.8 | 22% | 2.2% | 2.8% |
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe 4,012 · 2.9 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Aulnoye-Aymeries 8,612 · 4.2 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.7% |
| Berlaimont 3,159 · 5.5 mi | 42.9 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.1% |
| Hautmont 14,152 · 5.9 mi | 37.8 | 18% | 0.6% | 8.3% |
| Sains-du-Nord 2,755 · 6.6 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| Louvroil 6,294 · 7 mi | 35 | 17% | 0.6% | 20% |
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-Aubin
What is the population of Saint-Aubin?
328 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (374).
How old are Saint-Aubin’s residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 62% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Aubin?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Aubin?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Aubin?
€28,310 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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