Photo: jean-daniel pauget · CC BY 2.0A median age of 37.4: Saint-Priest is younger than 90% of compared French towns
In Saint-Priest, 76% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. By contrast, 26% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 79% of compared French towns. The town’s 20,900 households held 49,229 residents at the 2023 Census. Households in social housing make up about one in four here (27%).
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-Priest
Immigrants
INSEE counts 10,000 immigrants in Saint-Priest (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 20% of residents, against 8.2% for the median compared commune in Rhône. 14% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A young town
Half of Saint-Priest’s residents are under 37.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Priest grew +16% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 83% 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 first five years brought +9%; the six to 2023, +7%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Rhône town +10%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 17% in Saint-Priest, less than in 85% 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-Priest 37.4. The median compared French town: 44.
12% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 28% in Saint-Priest, more than in 67% 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
Average household size: 2.3 people. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many one-person households: 38% here, more than in three fifths of compared French towns. Add to that, by its share of single-parent households (11%), Saint-Priest is above 63% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households without a car than 74% of compared French towns: 16%
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
One in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 17% have been in their home 30 years or more. Set beside that, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few second homes: 1.1% here, fewer than in 76% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Saint-Priest, 8%.
A median of €24,110 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.
Half of Saint-Priest’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,110 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 70% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 20.5% of the population.
In Saint-Priest, 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 65% 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
Households headed by a manual worker: 16%, above 63% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Saint-Priest, 20% of residents are immigrants, more than in 93% 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.
Foreign nationals: 14% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 29%, a higher share than 74% 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
Married residents make up 45%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
24% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 74% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Graduates of higher education: 32%, above 56% of compared French towns. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 45,702 to 53,069 people: this is 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.
Ages run from 30.5 in Talence to 59.6 in Les Sables-d'Olonne.
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Saint-Priest
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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-Priest
What is the population of Saint-Priest?
49,229 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (42,488).
How old are Saint-Priest’s residents?
The median age is 37.4, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Priest?
260, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Priest?
INSEE counts 10,000 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 20% of residents, and 6,800 foreign nationals (14%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Priest?
€24,110 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 20.5% 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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