Fewer single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns: 5.5%
The figure for households without a car is 5.7% in Sainte-Catherine and 11% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Sainte-Catherine was home to 969 people in 430 households. In Sainte-Catherine, 17% of residents are 65 or over. 19% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 77% 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.
Since 2012, Sainte-Catherine has changed by +5%, slower than 51% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +6%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Rhône town +10%.
Only 8.8% of residents are 15 to 24 in Sainte-Catherine
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sainte-Catherine 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Sainte-Catherine’s residents are under 42.1, younger than in 65% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 73% of compared French towns, at 29%
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
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are one person living alone here. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
Sainte-Catherine sits below 73% of compared French towns for flats (17%)
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
Households in social housing: 8.8%, below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, flats come to 30%. Put another way, about one in 12: 8.4% of homes stand empty. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 3.9%, more than in 70% of compared French towns.
At the median, €28,260 a year to live on
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 Sainte-Catherine’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,260 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Sainte-Catherine ranks below 67% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 7.1%
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
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Sainte-Catherine has 30%. As a yardstick, 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).
Sainte-Catherine sits below 90% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.2%)
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 Rhône has 8.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 71.
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 21% in Sainte-Catherine, less than in 87% 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
The figure for married residents is 45% in Sainte-Catherine and 43% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 71% of compared French towns
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: 18% of the total. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Ranked by age, 8th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Sainte-Catherine
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Catherine | 42.1 | 17% | 3.9% | 2.2% |
| Chabanière 4,323 · 3 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 2.5% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Martin-en-Haut 3,942 · 4.1 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 3.6% | 2% |
| Saint-Martin-la-Plaine 3,764 · 4.1 mi | 45.2 | 21% | 1.2% | 4.8% |
| Genilac 3,839 · 4.7 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Mornant 6,282 · 5 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 1.3% | 3.5% |
| Rive-de-Gier 15,242 · 5.5 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 0.9% | 18% |
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 Sainte-Catherine
What is the population of Sainte-Catherine?
969 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (927).
How old are Sainte-Catherine’s residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Catherine?
19, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Catherine?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sainte-Catherine?
€28,260 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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