A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.1%
Households headed by a manual worker: 26% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets had 322 residents in 130 households at the 2023 census. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 17% in the town. Empty homes are more common here than in 71% 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-Quentin-les-Chardonnets
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets, 15% of its 180 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 3.7% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 15% of homes are second homes
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 16% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 11% moved in within the last two years.
From 2012 to 2023, Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets outgrew 55% of compared French towns: +6%
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 Orne town −5%. The first five years brought +11%; the six to 2023, −4%.
A median age of 40.7: Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets is younger 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-Quentin-les-Chardonnets 40.7. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%).
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 91% of compared French towns: 34%
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
3.7% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each. One-person households are rarer here than in 93% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,750 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-Quentin-les-Chardonnets’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,750 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
In Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets, 22% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 92% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (19%), Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets is above 86% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.2% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 65% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Across Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets, 7.1% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets 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
In Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 63% 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
In Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 322 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets | 40.7 | 17% | 15% | 7.1% |
| Tinchebray-Bocage 4,813 · 2.8 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 8.3% | 3.6% |
| Valdallière 5,696 · 5.6 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 7.4% | 2.8% |
| Vire Normandie 17,457 · 6.7 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.6% |
| Sourdeval 3,026 · 8.3 mi | 59 | 39% | 8.9% | 5.3% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers 3,173 · 8.7 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Flers 14,432 · 9.2 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 2.4% | 13% |
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-Quentin-les-Chardonnets
What is the population of Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets?
322 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (304).
How old are Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets’ residents?
The median age is 40.7, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets?
27, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (6.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Quentin-les-Chardonnets?
€25,750 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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