2.4% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Half of Saint-Point’s residents are over 48.5, older than in 77% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 363, in 160 households. The census found that nearly a quarter of households are headed by a retired person locally. With one-person households at 29%, Saint-Point is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire 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-Point
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 49 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Point, 21% of its 240 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 27 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.6%
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 empty homes is 11% in Saint-Point and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. For Saint-Point, the census puts second homes at 21%.
From 2012 to 2023, Saint-Point outgrew 66% of compared French towns: +9%
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
In two steps, −2% to 2017 and +11% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −3% in Saône-et-Loire.
6% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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-Point 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 26% in Saint-Point and 22% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
In Saint-Point, 3% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children: 29%, above 73% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,810 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.
The median standard of living in Saint-Point is €26,810 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 15% in Saint-Point, more than in 75% 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 make up 16%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 9.4% of 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).
Immigrants make up 2.4% in Saint-Point, less than in 87% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Saint-Point has 1%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 95% of compared French towns: 51%
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
Single residents: 19%, below 95% of compared French towns. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns: 7.6%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Saint-Point has 42%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Saint-Point
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Point | 48.5 | 26% | 21% | 2.4% |
| Cluny 4,942 · 6.7 mi | 49.2 | 30% | 7.9% | 9.5% |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon 8,227 · 9 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.9% | 6% |
| Mâcon 35,177 · 10 mi | 40.2 | 22% | 3.3% | 21% |
| Crêches-sur-Saône 3,198 · 10.3 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 0.5% | 7.1% |
| La Chapelle-de-Guinchay 4,018 · 11 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 3.1% | 4.4% |
| Replonges 3,956 · 12.7 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.1% | 4.3% |
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-Point
What is the population of Saint-Point?
363 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (333).
How old are Saint-Point’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Point?
49, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Point?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Point?
€26,810 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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