Photo: dronepicr · CC BY 2.0A larger share of second homes than 99% of compared French towns: 68%
Couples with children make up 16%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Saint-Tropez’s population at 3,582, in 1,900 households. In Saint-Tropez, 65% of homes are flats. Lower than in 96% of compared French towns: 5.3% of households are headed by a manual worker.
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-Tropez
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 4,710 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Tropez, 68% of its 6,900 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 36% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Tropez had 4,452 residents at the 2012 census and 3,582 in 2023, down 20%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Tropez’s residents are under 55.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes make up 4.1% in Saint-Tropez, less than in 86% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of households have no car here. One in ten households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 61% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Of all households, 8.5% moved in during the last two years and 25% have stayed three decades or more.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Saint-Tropez changed by −20% since 2012
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 change was −2%; from 2017 to 2023, −18%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Var town +10%.
Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Tropez is over 55.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Tropez 55.7. The median compared French town: 44.
36% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. On residents aged 15 to 24, Saint-Tropez sits lower than 98% of compared French towns: 6.4%.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More one-person households than 87% of compared French towns: 46%
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
On average, 1.9 people share a household. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 9.7%, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
€29,450 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
At €29,450 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 81% of compared French towns. 14.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Above 75% of compared French towns: 37% of households are headed by a retired person
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
In Saint-Tropez, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 11% in Saint-Tropez, more than in 76% 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.
8.7% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). The usual figure: 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.
In Saint-Tropez, 40% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 67% 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
About one in four: that is how common single residents are in Saint-Tropez (25%). Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Saint-Tropez
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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in five here (19%). Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 3,550 to 3,611 people: this is the 4th 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.
Neuilly-Crimolois is the youngest (37.2); Montrichard Val de Cher the oldest (57.5).
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Tropez
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Tropez | 55.7 | 36% | 68% | 11% |
| Gassin 2,687 · 3 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 64% | 13% |
| Sainte-Maxime 14,118 · 3.6 mi | 54.8 | 35% | 56% | 16% |
| Grimaud 4,587 · 4.8 mi | 51.1 | 27% | 69% | 14% |
| Cogolin 12,301 · 5.6 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 22% | 15% |
| La Croix-Valmer 3,855 · 5.7 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 71% | 14% |
| Le Plan-de-la-Tour 3,125 · 7 mi | 49.1 | 23% | 34% | 11% |
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-Tropez
What is the population of Saint-Tropez?
3,582 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% fewer than in 2012 (4,452).
How old are Saint-Tropez’s residents?
The median age is 55.7, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Tropez?
4,710, with occasional dwellings: 68% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Tropez?
INSEE counts 410 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 310 foreign nationals (8.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Tropez?
€29,450 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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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