Saint-Julien sits above 94% of compared French towns for second homes (22%)
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 4.6% of homes are flats in Saint-Julien. By contrast, with a median age of 48.7, Saint-Julien is older than 78% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 2,453 residents in 1,070 households. Census figures put households in social housing at 3.1% here.
Throughout this page, the Var 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-Julien
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 340 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Julien, 22% of its 1,530 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 4.6% of households have no car in Saint-Julien
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 8% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Households without a car make up 11% in the typical compared French town.
A growing town: +10% since 2012, faster than 71% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Var town +10%. The change was +8% from 2012 to 2017 and +2% from 2017 to 2023.
8.9% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 82% 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-Julien 48.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 26% of residents are 65 or over in Saint-Julien. For comparison, 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: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
In Saint-Julien, 31% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 69% 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 Var median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 8.9%, below 68% of compared French towns. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.2 people in the average household. Just over a quarter of households are couples with children, more than in 54% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,840 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,840 a year: lower than in 62% of compared French towns. 16.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 68% 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
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Saint-Julien has 34%. For comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. On households headed by a manual worker, Saint-Julien sits lower than 57% of compared French towns: 13%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Saint-Julien, 4.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 67% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Saint-Julien. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 22% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Here 44% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 28% in Saint-Julien, less than in 55% 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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, a lower share than in 53% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,453 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Saint-Julien
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Julien | 48.7 | 26% | 22% | 4.6% |
| Gréoux-les-Bains 3,084 · 4.7 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 59% | 7% |
| Vinon-sur-Verdon 4,464 · 5.9 mi | 43.3 | 19% | 12% | 8.3% |
| Rians 4,223 · 9.9 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 10% | 5.3% |
| Valensole 3,137 · 9.9 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 14% | 3.9% |
| Sainte-Tulle 3,558 · 10 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 3% | 7.5% |
| Barjols 2,984 · 10.4 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 11% | 4.9% |
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-Julien
What is the population of Saint-Julien?
2,453 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (2,222).
How old are Saint-Julien’s residents?
The median age is 48.7, older than 78% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Julien?
340, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Julien?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 65 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Julien?
€24,840 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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