Saint-André is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 57.8
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 102 residents in 54 households: that is Saint-André at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 4.4% of homes are flats. Here a fifth of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Throughout this page, the Tarn 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-André
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 48 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-André, 43% of its 110 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-André’s residents are under 57.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
43% of homes are second homes, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 7.9% of homes stand empty in Saint-André. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: nearly a tenth of the total.
A +3% change since 2012: slower than 57% 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
Here the change came as +1% to 2017, then +2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +7% in Tarn.
Saint-André sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (5.8%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-André 57.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 34% in Saint-André and 22% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 74% 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 Tarn median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 40% of households are one person living alone here. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 1.9 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
In Saint-André, 20% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 88% 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 manual worker (10%), Saint-André is below 77% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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).
Above 68% of compared French towns: 6.8% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Tarn has 6%. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 15: that is how common immigrants are in Saint-André (6.8%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Saint-André, 21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 84% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Saint-André has 45%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 53% 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
Saint-André has more adults with no qualification than 51% of compared French towns, at 19%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 102 to 2,582 people, the 5th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Saint-André
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André | 57.8 | 34% | 43% | 6.8% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 12.7 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 12.8 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 14.3 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 14.8 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
| Albi 51,290 · 15.5 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 16.7 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
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-André
What is the population of Saint-André?
102 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (99).
How old are Saint-André’s residents?
The median age is 57.8, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-André?
48, with occasional dwellings: 43% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-André?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (6.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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