2.4% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Saint-Sulpice, 3.8%. There were 340 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 821 residents. Census figures put couples with children at 32% here. This Savoie town has fewer flats than 92% of compared French towns, at 7.3%.
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-Sulpice
Many graduates
47% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 16% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: +4% since 2012, behind 52% 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 −3% and the next six +8%.
8.1% of residents are 15 to 24, below 92% 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-Sulpice 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Saint-Sulpice’s residents are over 45.2, older than in 58% of compared French towns. Here, 22% of residents are 65 or over. Set beside 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: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Sulpice ranks below 98% of compared French towns on one-person households: 22%
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
In Saint-Sulpice, 7.3% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
More second homes than 75% of compared French towns: 4.6%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 11% of households arrived within the last two years, while 31% have stayed 30 years or more.
A median of €30,430 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.
The median standard of living in Saint-Sulpice is €30,430 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
37% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 74% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 manager or professional is 13% in Saint-Sulpice and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker account for 16%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.4% in Saint-Sulpice, 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.
In Saint-Sulpice, 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 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.
Saint-Sulpice: 56% of residents 15 and over are married, above 99% 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
16% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
7.1% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Saint-Sulpice has 47%. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 821 to 2,582 people: this is the 20th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Saint-Sulpice are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Sulpice | 45.2 | 22% | 4.6% | 2.4% |
| Cognin 6,954 · 2 mi | 42 | 23% | 1.3% | 11% |
| La Motte-Servolex 12,067 · 2.5 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 1.7% | 5.5% |
| Jacob-Bellecombette 4,499 · 2.9 mi | 36.6 | 21% | 3.3% | 7.8% |
| Chambéry 59,964 · 3.1 mi | 37.6 | 19% | 3.6% | 17% |
| Bassens 5,175 · 4.3 mi | 40.5 | 20% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Barberaz 5,306 · 4.3 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 2.5% | 7% |
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-Sulpice
What is the population of Saint-Sulpice?
821 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (787).
How old are Saint-Sulpice’s residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Sulpice?
17, with occasional dwellings: 4.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Sulpice?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Sulpice?
€30,430 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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