A median age of 54.5: Saint-André is older than 93% of compared French towns
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Saint-André has 4%. At the 2023 Census Saint-André was home to 3,388 people in 1,680 households. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 47%. Few places have so few couples with children: 20% here, fewer than in 74% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Pyrénées-Orientales 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-André
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 300 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-André, 14% of its 2,150 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 89% 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-André’s residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 90% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
Empty homes: 7.8% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Still, on flats, Saint-André sits lower than 78% of compared French towns: 14%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. 10% of households moved in less than two years ago; 15% have been in their home 30 years or more.
A change of +4% since 2012 leaves Saint-André behind 54% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Pyrénées-Orientales town +10%.
In Saint-André, 36% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 95% 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-André 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Saint-André, 7.9%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Saint-André ranks above 60% of compared French towns on one-person households: 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 Pyrénées-Orientales median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2 people on average. Saint-André has more single-parent households than just over half of compared French towns, at 10%. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Median living standard: €24,880 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,880 a year: lower than in 62% of compared French towns. Some 15.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 5.3% in Saint-André, less than in 83% 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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker in Saint-André. Against that, nearly one in ten 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).
6.6% of Saint-André’s 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 median compared commune in Pyrénées-Orientales has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 50% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up about one in 29 here (3.5%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 19% in Saint-André, less than in 95% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are married in Saint-André. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 81% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 22% in Saint-André. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 3,358 to 3,420
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Porcheville is the youngest (37.3); Saint-Cast-le-Guildo the oldest (64.9).
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Saint-André
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André | 54.5 | 36% | 14% | 6.6% |
| Palau-del-Vidre 3,329 · 1.6 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 8.4% | 12% |
| Sorède 3,512 · 1.6 mi | 58 | 38% | 27% | 8.2% |
| Saint-Génis-des-Fontaines 3,059 · 2.6 mi | 59 | 40% | 11% | 8% |
| Argelès-sur-Mer 10,616 · 2.7 mi | 59 | 39% | 61% | 7.6% |
| Elne 9,511 · 3.6 mi | 45.4 | 24% | 4.2% | 13% |
| Latour-Bas-Elne 3,228 · 4.2 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 15% | 7.7% |
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-André
What is the population of Saint-André?
3,388 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (3,266).
How old are Saint-André’s residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-André?
300, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-André?
INSEE counts 220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-André?
€24,880 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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