Only 0.9% of homes are flats in Saint-Paul
2.5% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 631 residents in Saint-Paul, living in 280 households. Across Saint-Paul, 1.8% of households are single parents.
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.
A −1% change since 2012: slower than 73% 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: +7% from 2012 to 2017, then −7% to 2023.
Half of Saint-Paul is over 48, older than 75% 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-Paul 48. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Saint-Paul has 25%. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in ten here (10%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 77% of compared French towns, at 30%
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
Households here average 2.3 people each. One-person households are rarer here than in 75% of compared French towns. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
4.7% of homes are second homes, more than in 76% of compared French towns
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
Long tenure is the mark of 30% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.8% (under two years). Empty homes are more common here than in 53% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,420 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.
The median standard of living in Saint-Paul is €25,420 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 82% of compared French towns: 39%
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 figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 7.1% in Saint-Paul and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 11% locally.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Paul sits below 98% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.3%)
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 share of foreign nationals is 0.6%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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-Paul ranks below 96% of compared French towns on single residents: 19%
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
The share of married residents is 52%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of 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
Adults with no qualification are rarer here than in 58% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (631 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.
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Saint-Paul
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Paul | 48 | 25% | 4.7% | 1.3% |
| Flers 14,432 · 3 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 2.4% | 13% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers 3,173 · 3.2 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Tinchebray-Bocage 4,813 · 4.3 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 8.3% | 3.6% |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 4,201 · 8 mi | 49 | 27% | 9.4% | 1.9% |
| Condé-en-Normandie 5,985 · 8.8 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 3.7% | 3.4% |
| Valdallière 5,696 · 9.5 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 7.4% | 2.8% |
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-Paul
What is the population of Saint-Paul?
631 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (636).
How old are Saint-Paul’s residents?
The median age is 48, older than 75% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Paul?
15, with occasional dwellings: 4.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Paul?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Paul?
€25,420 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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