Saint-Romain is older than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 62
Empty homes: 3.5% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 197 residents in Saint-Romain, living in 98 households. Put another way, about one in 67: 1.5% of homes are flats. 16% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns.
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-Romain
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Romain, 59% of its 260 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Romain’s residents are under 62 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Romain had 233 residents at the 2012 census and 197 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Romain: 59% of homes are second homes, above 98% 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
Here nearly one in ten households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. In Saint-Romain, 2.1% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Saint-Romain’s population moved −15% on 2012, less than in 99% 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: −9% from 2012 to 2017, then −7% to 2023.
43% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 99% 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-Romain 62. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Saint-Romain comes in at 7.5%. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 58% of compared French towns, at 37%
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
Average household size: 2 people. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are single parents here.
The median resident lives on €25,170 a year per consumption unit
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-Romain is €25,170 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
47% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 95% 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
5.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 96% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 91% of compared French towns: 2.1% of residents 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.
The share of foreign nationals trails 78% of compared French towns: 2.1%. Across the comparison, 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.
In Saint-Romain, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
47% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 74% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Here, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 197 to 2,582 people, the 2nd 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.
Saint-Romain is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Romain | 62 | 43% | 59% | 2.1% |
| Ambert 6,517 · 8.5 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 8.2% | 6.5% |
| Montbrison 16,123 · 11.4 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 2.8% | 6.4% |
| Saint-Romain-le-Puy 4,142 · 11.8 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.2% | 2.3% |
| Savigneux 3,509 · 12.3 mi | 48.5 | 27% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez 5,116 · 13 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 2.7% | 1.8% |
| Sury-le-Comtal 6,621 · 14.3 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 1.6% | 10% |
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-Romain
What is the population of Saint-Romain?
197 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (233).
How old are Saint-Romain’s residents?
The median age is 62, older than 99% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Romain?
160, with occasional dwellings: 59% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Romain?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Romain?
€25,170 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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