40% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
0.9% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). Saint-Célerin’s 350 households held 882 residents at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in three here (30%). At 3.3%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 98% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Sarthe 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-Célerin
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 4.3% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Saint-Célerin’s residents are under 36.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +8% change since 2012: Saint-Célerin grew faster than 64% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +11%, then −3% to 2023. Over those years, the median Sarthe town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 36.3: Saint-Célerin is younger than 94% 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-Célerin 36.3. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of Saint-Célerin’s residents are 65 or older, against 26% in the median Sarthe town and 22% in the median compared French town; 28% are under 18. On the census count, 9.5% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 4.3%
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 Sarthe median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 25% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.6 people on average.
A higher share of second homes than 72% of compared French towns, at 4.2%
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
Of all households, 10% moved in during the last two years and 15% have stayed three decades or more. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There is little gap on empty homes: 6.3%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
€24,600 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €24,600 a year: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 4.3%, a lower share than 91% 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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (24%), Saint-Célerin is below 88% of compared French towns. 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).
Immigrants make up 0.9% in Saint-Célerin, less than in 99% 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: 0.5% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, below 97% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Saint-Célerin has 39%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Saint-Célerin
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Saint-Célerin comes in at 17%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 882 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Saint-Célerin is the youngest (36.3); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Saint-Célerin is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Célerin | 36.3 | 11% | 4.2% | 0.9% |
| Bonnétable 3,703 · 3.9 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 4.5% | 1.7% |
| Montfort-le-Gesnois 2,939 · 5.1 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 2.2% | 1.1% |
| Connerré 2,780 · 5.3 mi | 45.2 | 26% | 2.7% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Mars-la-Brière 2,681 · 6.9 mi | 42 | 20% | 2.3% | 2.6% |
| Savigné-l'Évêque 4,031 · 7 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 1.4% | 1% |
| Champagné 3,666 · 8.4 mi | 39.1 | 16% | 1.8% | 2.8% |
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-Célerin
What is the population of Saint-Célerin?
882 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (815).
How old are Saint-Célerin’s residents?
The median age is 36.3, younger than 94% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Célerin?
16, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Célerin?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Célerin?
€24,600 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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