Only 4.3% of homes are flats in Saint-Pardoux
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 7.1% in Saint-Pardoux. Few places have so few households headed by a manager or professional: 4.8% here, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 428, in 210 households. Empty homes: just over a tenth of the total.
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-Pardoux
An older town
Half of Saint-Pardoux’s residents are under 51.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 77% of compared French towns grew faster than Saint-Pardoux: −2%
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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Puy-de-Dôme town +4%. The change was −7% from 2012 to 2017 and +6% from 2017 to 2023.
Half of Saint-Pardoux is over 51.4, older than 87% 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-Pardoux 51.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Saint-Pardoux has 25%. Across Saint-Pardoux, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 68% of compared French towns: 21%
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
35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 37% in Saint-Pardoux. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Census figures put single-parent households at 12% in the town.
A lower share of households in social housing than 93% of compared French towns, at 3.3%
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
13% of households arrived within the last two years, while 25% have stayed 30 years or more. Households without a car are rarer here than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. The wider picture: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €25,680 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 residents live in households above €25,680 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
42% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 88% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in seven. Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.2% of residents are foreign nationals here. As a yardstick, 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.
Only 42% of residents 15 and over are married in Saint-Pardoux
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
Locally, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 60% of compared French towns, at 27%
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 come to 19% in Saint-Pardoux, about two in ten. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (428 to 2,582 people), the 11th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than Saint-Pardoux: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pardoux | 51.4 | 25% | 7.1% | 0.9% |
| Gannat 5,610 · 9.3 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Aigueperse 2,665 · 9.5 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 1.4% | 5.6% |
| Châtel-Guyon 6,299 · 9.7 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 13% | 5.9% |
| Saint-Éloy-les-Mines 3,480 · 11.3 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 4.8% | 6.2% |
| Mozac 3,957 · 12 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 1.6% | 5.9% |
| Riom 18,820 · 12.4 mi | 43.4 | 24% | 3.2% | 8.3% |
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-Pardoux
What is the population of Saint-Pardoux?
428 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (436).
How old are Saint-Pardoux’s residents?
The median age is 51.4, older than 87% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Pardoux?
18, with occasional dwellings: 7.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Pardoux?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Pardoux?
€25,680 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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