37% of households are couples with children, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 15% in Saint-Ours and 22% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 775, in 310 households. Households in social housing make up about one in 77 here (1.3%). Lower than in 97% of compared French towns: 3.5% of households have no car.
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.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Ours
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 9.4% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Saint-Ours had 576 residents at the 2012 census and 775 in 2023, up 35%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many graduates
49% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 17% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+35% since 2012, a pace 98% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 +18%, and from 2017 to 2023 +14%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Savoie town +9%.
A median age of 41.8: Saint-Ours is younger than 67% 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-Ours 41.8. The median compared French town: 44.
For Saint-Ours, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 24%, a lower share than 97% 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 Savoie median and the France median
Living alone · share
On single-parent households, 9.4% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.5 people. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Ours ranks below 73% of compared French towns on 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
3.2% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). Typically, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 5.6% of homes stand empty.
The median resident lives on €32,260 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €32,260 a year: higher than in 92% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 95% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 19% in Saint-Ours and 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%. Households headed by a retired person make up about one in five here (22%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Ours sits below 87% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.5%)
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 make up 1.4%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 90% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Saint-Ours has 46%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns, at 6.1%
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, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Saint-Ours, 49%. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Around Saint-Ours, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Ours | 41.8 | 15% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| La Biolle 2,948 · 2.8 mi | 40 | 17% | 2.8% | 4.9% |
| Entrelacs 6,461 · 2.9 mi | 43 | 18% | 4.2% | 4.1% |
| Grésy-sur-Aix 4,740 · 3.4 mi | 43.4 | 19% | 2.7% | 6.9% |
| Alby-sur-Chéran 2,664 · 4.6 mi | 37.4 | 11% | 2.3% | 6.6% |
| Aix-les-Bains 32,406 · 5.5 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 15% | 11% |
| Tresserve 2,909 · 6.5 mi | 55.3 | 34% | 13% | 6.3% |
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-Ours
What is the population of Saint-Ours?
775 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 35% more than in 2012 (576).
How old are Saint-Ours’ residents?
The median age is 41.8, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Ours?
11, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Ours?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Ours?
€32,260 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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