Couples with children: 38%, a higher share than 97% of compared French towns
Here one in ten homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. At the 2023 Census, 328 people lived in Saint-Aybert, in 130 households. Flats make up about one in 36 here (2.8%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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-Aybert
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 4.1% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Aybert had 353 residents at the 2012 census and 328 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −7% since 2012, behind 93% 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
Half of Saint-Aybert is over 47.1, older than 70% 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-Aybert 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Saint-Aybert, 20%. Residents aged 15 to 24: a tenth of the total.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 21% of households are one person living alone
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
The figure for single-parent households is 4.1% in Saint-Aybert and 10% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. There are 2.6 people in the average household.
Saint-Aybert sits below 98% of compared French towns for households without a car (3.3%)
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
Nearly a third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 2.4% moved in within the last two years. Second homes are rarer here than in 90% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,440 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 Saint-Aybert’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,440 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
Saint-Aybert: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 82% 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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Saint-Aybert comes in at 12%. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. For Saint-Aybert, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 33%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Aybert sits above 78% of compared French towns for immigrants (12%)
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.
Foreign nationals make up 9.3%, against 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.
A larger share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 58%
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
Single residents: 21%, below 86% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Aybert sits below 69% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (25%)
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification in Saint-Aybert. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (328 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Aybert
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Aybert | 47.1 | 20% | 0.7% | 12% |
| Crespin 4,532 · 2.4 mi | 37.1 | 17% | 1% | 7.9% |
| Condé-sur-l'Escaut 9,253 · 2.8 mi | 41.5 | 21% | 0.7% | 10% |
| Quiévrechain 5,949 · 3.7 mi | 37.6 | 18% | 0.8% | 13% |
| Fresnes-sur-Escaut 7,354 · 3.8 mi | 40.6 | 19% | 0.6% | 5.7% |
| Vieux-Condé 10,617 · 4 mi | 40.1 | 17% | 1% | 6.7% |
| Quarouble 3,145 · 4.3 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 0.6% | 3.7% |
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-Aybert
What is the population of Saint-Aybert?
328 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (353).
How old are Saint-Aybert’s residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 70% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Aybert?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Aybert?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (9.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Aybert?
€27,440 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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