1.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 99% of compared French towns
One-person households: 26% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 667 residents and 280 households in Saint-Hilaire-le-Châtel. Households without a car: 3.3% of the total. Half of the town’s residents are under 42.5, younger than in 62% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Orne 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-Hilaire-le-Châtel
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 42 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Hilaire-le-Châtel, 12% of its 340 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.1%
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
The share of second homes is 12%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 69% of compared French towns: 5.4% of homes stand empty. In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats. The census found that one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in Saint-Hilaire-le-Châtel.
Since 2012, Saint-Hilaire-le-Châtel has changed by −1%, slower than 76% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −5% for the median Orne town, the change came in two steps: −5% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 67% of compared French towns: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Hilaire-le-Châtel 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 31%, a higher share than 78% 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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 7.2% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people.
The median resident lives on €25,570 a year per consumption unit
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 midpoint of living standards here is €25,570 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 59% of compared French towns, at 13%
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 census found that 33% of households are headed by a retired person in Saint-Hilaire-le-Châtel. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Hilaire-le-Châtel ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Saint-Hilaire-le-Châtel has 0.3%. Against that, 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-Hilaire-le-Châtel ranks below 87% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 47% in Saint-Hilaire-le-Châtel. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 74% of compared French towns: 23%
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
With adults with no qualification at 21%, Saint-Hilaire-le-Châtel is ahead of three fifths of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (667 to 2,582 people), the 10th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Saint-Hilaire-le-Châtel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Hilaire-le-Châtel | 42.5 | 20% | 12% | 1% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 3 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 6.1 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| Longny les Villages 2,811 · 11.8 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 24% | 2.8% |
| L'Aigle 7,663 · 14.5 mi | 47.4 | 28% | 2.7% | 11% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 16.3 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Sées 4,168 · 16.6 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
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-Hilaire-le-Châtel
What is the population of Saint-Hilaire-le-Châtel?
667 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (677).
How old are Saint-Hilaire-le-Châtel’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Hilaire-le-Châtel?
42, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Hilaire-le-Châtel?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Hilaire-le-Châtel?
€25,570 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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