In Saint-Sandoux, 0.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Here 27% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. In Saint-Sandoux, 3.7% of households have no car. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 16% here, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Saint-Sandoux was home to 992 people in 380 households.
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.
Growth of +8% since 2012 puts Saint-Sandoux ahead of 64% 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
The median Puy-de-Dôme town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +4% and the next six +4%.
Younger than 58% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Sandoux is under 43
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Sandoux 43. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 62% of compared French towns: 10%.
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-Sandoux, 33% of households are couples with children, more than in 86% 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
Single-parent households make up 6.6%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.5%
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
The figure for second homes is 5.4% in Saint-Sandoux and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. One in ten homes stand empty, more than in 78% of compared French towns. The benchmark for flats in the typical compared French town: 30%.
The median resident lives on €27,170 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.
Living standards centre on €27,170 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 81% of compared French towns: 9.3%
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 make up 28%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The census found that 7.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Saint-Sandoux.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 88% of compared French towns: 2.3% 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 figure for foreign nationals is 1.2% in Saint-Sandoux and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
More single residents than 58% of compared French towns: 26%
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
The share of married residents stands at 44%. The usual figure: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 64% of compared French towns, at 34%
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 make up about one in six here (18%). By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 992 to 2,582 people: this is the 12th youngest
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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Saint-Sandoux, 5 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Sandoux | 43 | 16% | 5.4% | 2.3% |
| Veyre-Monton 3,721 · 3.8 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2% | 3.3% |
| La Roche-Blanche 3,311 · 4.7 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| Les Martres-de-Veyre 3,826 · 5.2 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
| Orcet 2,897 · 5.4 mi | 44.8 | 25% | 1.4% | 4.6% |
| Aydat 2,574 · 5.8 mi | 42.1 | 17% | 22% | 1.7% |
| Vic-le-Comte 5,396 · 5.9 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 2.5% | 4% |
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-Sandoux
What is the population of Saint-Sandoux?
992 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (916).
How old are Saint-Sandoux’s residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Sandoux?
24, with occasional dwellings: 5.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Sandoux?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Sandoux?
€27,170 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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