Half of Saint-Christophe is over 57.5, older than 97% of compared French towns
1.4% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. At 7.7%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Saint-Christophe counted 137 residents and 69 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 3.4% of homes stand empty here.
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-Christophe
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 72 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Christophe, 49% of its 150 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 94% 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-Christophe’s residents are under 57.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Saint-Christophe (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 18% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Tarn. 19% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Christophe sits above 97% of compared French towns for second homes (49%)
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
Here 2.7% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Add to that, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 7.2% moved in during the last two years and 22% have stayed three decades or more.
From 2012 to 2023, 64% of compared French towns grew faster than Saint-Christophe: +1%
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +7% for the median Tarn town, the change came in two steps: −7% from 2012 to 2017, then +10% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Christophe 57.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a third of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
7.7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 83% 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
Households here average 2 people each. Few places have so few one-person households: 31% here, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €20,940 a year
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 midpoint of living standards here is €20,940 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 94% of compared French towns: 46%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Locally, 23% of households are headed by a manual worker. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 91% of compared French towns, at 18%
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: 19% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 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.
Only 15% of residents 15 and over are single in Saint-Christophe
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
Married residents: 47% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 90% of compared French towns: 12%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Saint-Christophe. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 137 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).
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Christophe
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Christophe | 57.5 | 35% | 49% | 18% |
| Carmaux 9,872 · 9.6 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 2.8% | 8.4% |
| Blaye-les-Mines 2,902 · 10 mi | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 12.9 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 13.6 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 5.4% | 11% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 15.2 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 16.1 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
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-Christophe
What is the population of Saint-Christophe?
137 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (135).
How old are Saint-Christophe’s residents?
The median age is 57.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Christophe?
72, with occasional dwellings: 49% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Christophe?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 18% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (19%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Christophe?
€20,940 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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