A smaller share of households without a car than 93% of compared French towns: 4.1%
One-person households: 28% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. Saint-Béron had 1,713 residents in 740 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 5.7% of homes are second homes. Fewer households in social housing than in 69% of compared French towns: 8.4%.
Throughout this page, the Savoie 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.
Growth of +7% since 2012 puts Saint-Béron ahead of 61% 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 median Savoie town changed +9% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +5% and the next six +3%.
A median age of 45.5: Saint-Béron is older than 60% 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-Béron 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In Saint-Béron, 9.9% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Above 71% of compared French towns: 29% of households are couples with children
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 Savoie median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.3 people. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 9.8% of households are single parents, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Below 73% of compared French towns: 17% of homes are flats
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 that moved in under two years ago: 6.9%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 20%. There is little gap on empty homes: 6.4%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
€26,480 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Living standards centre on €26,480 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 20% in Saint-Béron, more than in 84% 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
31% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Put another way, about one in 11: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Béron ranks below 71% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.3%
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: 3%, below 65% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 79% 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
46% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 15% of adults out of school have no qualification in Saint-Béron
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 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Saint-Béron comes in at 26%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 21st oldest of 41 French towns of 1,713 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Saint-Béron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Béron | 45.5 | 23% | 5.7% | 4.3% |
| Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin 3,602 · 3.4 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 2.4% | 8% |
| Les Abrets en Dauphiné 6,850 · 7.3 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Genix-les-Villages 3,095 · 7.4 mi | 44.5 | 23% | 6.5% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Laurent-du-Pont 4,490 · 7.7 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 3% | 5.9% |
| Aoste 2,876 · 8 mi | 41.5 | 20% | 2.1% | 7.9% |
| Cognin 6,954 · 9.1 mi | 42 | 23% | 1.3% | 11% |
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-Béron
What is the population of Saint-Béron?
1,713 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,596).
How old are Saint-Béron’s residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Béron?
48, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Béron?
INSEE counts 74 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 51 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Béron?
€26,480 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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