Saint-Laure ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 40%
Flats: 3.5% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Fewer households in social housing than in 94% of compared French towns: 3%. Saint-Laure had 716 residents in 280 households at the 2023 census. Across Saint-Laure, 14% of households are headed by a retired person.
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-Laure
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 6.9% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Saint-Laure had 585 residents at the 2012 census and 716 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Saint-Laure’s residents are under 37.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +22% change since 2012: faster than 92% 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 +4% for the median Puy-de-Dôme town, the change came in two steps: +12% from 2012 to 2017, then +10% to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 97% of compared French towns: 12%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Laure 37.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Saint-Laure is 37.9, lower than in 88% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 11 here (9.1%).
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 22% in Saint-Laure, less than in 98% 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
Households average 2.5 people. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Lower than in 91% of compared French towns: 6.9% of households are single parents.
Saint-Laure sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (1.7%)
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
Some one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 15% who have been there 30 years or more. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. The census found that 4.4% of homes stand empty in Saint-Laure.
Standard of living at the median: €27,940 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-Laure is €27,940 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
Saint-Laure: 31% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% 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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 16% in Saint-Laure and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 91% of compared French towns, at 2%
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Saint-Laure has 1.3%. The median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns. On average, 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.
Fewer single residents than 82% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Roughly four in ten: just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification make up 8.4% in Saint-Laure, less than in 98% 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Saint-Laure has 38%. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Saint-Laure is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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-Laure
What is the population of Saint-Laure?
716 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (585).
How old are Saint-Laure’s residents?
The median age is 37.9, younger than 88% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Laure?
6, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Laure?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Laure?
€27,940 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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