Half of Saint-Christol is under 32, younger than 99% of compared French towns
18% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 1,409 residents in Saint-Christol, living in 280 households. Flats: nearly a tenth of the total. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are scarce here: 24%, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Vaucluse 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-Christol
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Christol, 23% of its 440 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 700 immigrants in Saint-Christol (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 51% of residents, against 6.8% for the median compared commune in Vaucluse. 49% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A young town
Half of Saint-Christol’s residents are under 32 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 6% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 58 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 23% in Saint-Christol, more than in 94% 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
The figure for empty homes is 13% in Saint-Christol and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 11% in the town. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 54% of compared French towns grew faster than Saint-Christol: +4%
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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Vaucluse town +7%.
Saint-Christol sits above 96% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (16%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Christol 32. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 16%, Saint-Christol is behind 87% of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
24% women, 76% men
About 32 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 40% in Saint-Christol, more 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 Vaucluse median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2 people. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of single-parent households here, 10%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median of €20,990 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.
At €20,990 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
8.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 54% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 14%. The wider picture: nearly one in ten 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).
Immigrants: 51%, a higher share than 99% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 49% of residents are foreign nationals here. Against that, 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 17% of residents 15 and over are married
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
69% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
9.1% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 52% of adults out of school have no qualification here. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 1,409 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.
Ages run from 32 in Saint-Christol to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Saint-Christol
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Christol | 32 | 16% | 23% | 51% |
| Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt 3,004 · 9.3 mi | 53.1 | 32% | 31% | 6.5% |
| Apt 10,143 · 11.5 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 9.4% | 14% |
| Gargas 3,035 · 11.6 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Forcalquier 5,222 · 15.2 mi | 50.8 | 32% | 12% | 8.7% |
| Bédoin 3,106 · 16.4 mi | 56.4 | 36% | 32% | 7.1% |
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-Christol
What is the population of Saint-Christol?
1,409 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,357).
How old are Saint-Christol’s residents?
The median age is 32, younger than 99% of compared French towns. 7.8% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Christol?
100, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Christol?
INSEE counts 720 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 51% of residents, and 690 foreign nationals (49%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Christol?
€20,990 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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