Saint-Hérent sits above 95% of compared French towns for second homes (31%)
With households without a car at 2.2%, Saint-Hérent is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. In 2023, the Census found 111 residents in the town, living in 45 households. The share of one-person households stands at 22%. More residents aged 65 and over than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 29%.
Throughout this page, the Puy-de-Dôme 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-Hérent
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Hérent, 31% of its 84 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 13 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes make up 15% in Saint-Hérent, more than in 96% 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
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.
Faster growth than 81% of compared French towns: Saint-Hérent changed by +14% since 2012
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
The median Puy-de-Dôme town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +18% and the next six −3%.
Saint-Hérent sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (4.5%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Hérent 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Saint-Hérent’s residents are over 48.8, older than in 78% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
41% women, 59% men
About 68 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 64% of compared French towns: 22%
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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.5 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children.
Saint-Hérent sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (44%)
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
Households headed by a retired person account for 33%. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of residents in Saint-Hérent are immigrants
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 22% in Saint-Hérent, less than in 75% of compared French towns
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 the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Saint-Hérent has 45%. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 21% in Saint-Hérent, less than in 83% 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 the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Saint-Hérent has 21%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 111 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Saint-Hérent
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Hérent | 48.8 | 29% | 31% | 0% |
| Issoire 15,115 · 7.2 mi | 45.9 | 26% | 2% | 4.5% |
| Sainte-Florine 3,283 · 9 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 2.9% | 3.5% |
| Brassac-les-Mines 3,412 · 9 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 2.2% | 3.6% |
| Vic-le-Comte 5,396 · 13.4 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 2.5% | 4% |
| Veyre-Monton 3,721 · 14.7 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2% | 3.3% |
| Les Martres-de-Veyre 3,826 · 15.5 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
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-Hérent
What is the population of Saint-Hérent?
111 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (97).
How old are Saint-Hérent’s residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Hérent?
26, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Hérent?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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