2% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
With households headed by a manual worker at 8.5%, Saint-Ignat is behind 85% of compared French towns on that count. Households without a car account for 4.7%. On residents aged 65 and over, Saint-Ignat sits lower than 75% of compared French towns: 18%. 916 residents in 410 households: that is Saint-Ignat at the 2023 Census.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, Saint-Ignat outgrew 76% of compared French towns: +12%
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
In two steps, +11% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Puy-de-Dôme.
Saint-Ignat ranks below 79% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Ignat 45. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45, Saint-Ignat is older than 57% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Saint-Ignat, 30% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 77% 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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children; in Saint-Ignat, 30%. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Here, 7.5% of households are single parents.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 1% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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 that moved in under two years ago: 6.5%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 28%. As a reference point, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Higher than in two thirds of compared French towns: 3.5% of homes are second homes. Empty homes: 7.8% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €27,000 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-Ignat’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,000 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Saint-Ignat ranks above 83% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 17%
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
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Saint-Ignat has 28%. To put it in context, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.9% of residents are immigrants in Saint-Ignat
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 median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 93% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Census figures put foreign nationals at 1.2% in Saint-Ignat.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 95% of compared French towns, at 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Saint-Ignat has 47%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 15% in Saint-Ignat, less than in 76% 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Saint-Ignat comes in at 28%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
20th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 916 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Saint-Ignat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Ignat | 45 | 18% | 3.5% | 1.9% |
| Ennezat 2,748 · 2.7 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Maringues 3,141 · 3 mi | 40.9 | 21% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Riom 18,820 · 7.8 mi | 43.4 | 24% | 3.2% | 8.3% |
| Aigueperse 2,665 · 8 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 1.4% | 5.6% |
| Lezoux 6,528 · 8.2 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Pont-du-Château 12,412 · 8.3 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
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-Ignat
What is the population of Saint-Ignat?
916 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (815).
How old are Saint-Ignat’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Ignat?
16, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Ignat?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Ignat?
€27,000 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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