Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.5% of households have no car
Here 22% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. Saint-Julien had 969 residents in 390 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 0.2% of households rent social housing (HLM). Few places have so few flats: 10% here, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Rhône 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-Julien
Growing fast
Saint-Julien had 821 residents at the 2012 census and 969 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Julien’s population changed by +18% since 2012, more than in 87% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Rhône town +10%. The first five years brought +4%; the six to 2023, +13%.
8.4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 89% 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-Julien 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Saint-Julien is 44.6, higher than in 54% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The census found that 22% of residents are 65 or over in the town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 32% in Saint-Julien, more than in 82% 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 Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.5 people on average. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. Few places have so few single-parent households: 7.5% here, fewer than in 85% of compared French towns.
Saint-Julien sits below 92% of compared French towns for empty homes (3.5%)
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 7% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 25%. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Saint-Julien has more second homes than 85% of compared French towns, at 7.6%.
The median resident lives on €33,090 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €33,090 a year: higher than in 93% of compared French towns.
Saint-Julien sits above 83% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (18%)
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, 10% of households are headed by a manual worker in Saint-Julien. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Julien ranks below 83% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.9%
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.
2.7% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 96% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Married residents: 51%, above 94% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 13% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Just over two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 969 to 2,582 people, the 17th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Julien
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Julien | 44.6 | 22% | 7.6% | 2.9% |
| Arnas 4,601 · 2.9 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 1.3% | 6.9% |
| Gleizé 8,035 · 3.2 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 1% | 12% |
| Porte des Pierres Dorées 4,185 · 3.9 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 2.6% | 5% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Reneins 4,677 · 4.1 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 2.3% | 5.1% |
| Villefranche-sur-Saône 36,172 · 4.2 mi | 38.5 | 20% | 2.2% | 18% |
| Limas 4,750 · 4.3 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1% | 9.8% |
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-Julien
What is the population of Saint-Julien?
969 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (821).
How old are Saint-Julien’s residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 54% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Julien?
33, with occasional dwellings: 7.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Julien?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Julien?
€33,090 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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