Residents aged 15 to 24: 15%, a higher share than 95% of compared French towns
Here 6.4% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. There were 3,630 households in Saint-Benoît at the 2023 Census, home to 7,375 residents. Across Saint-Benoît, 43% of households are one person living alone. Lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 9% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Vienne 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.
Saint-Benoît changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 53% 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 Vienne town +4%. The change was +2% from 2012 to 2017 and +2% from 2017 to 2023.
In Saint-Benoît, 27% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 77% 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-Benoît 47.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Saint-Benoît’s residents are over 47.4, older than in 72% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer couples with children than 82% of compared French towns: 18%
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 Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2 people. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 7.8%, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns.
Saint-Benoît: 8.5% of homes stand empty, above 69% 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
One household in eight has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 1.7%, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 14% moved in during the last two years and 22% have stayed three decades or more.
At the median, €28,060 a year to live on
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 median standard of living in Saint-Benoît is €28,060 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 71% of compared French towns. 11.0% of residents have a standard of living below 60% of France’s median.
In Saint-Benoît, 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 76% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Saint-Benoît, 37%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 64% of compared French towns: 3% 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.
The figure for immigrants is 5.3% in Saint-Benoît and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Vienne has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 60% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Single residents make up 28% in Saint-Benoît, more than in 71% 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
Married residents account for 44%. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 87% of compared French towns: 44%
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
In Saint-Benoît, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
13th highest median age among 41 French towns of 7,292 to 7,454
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Gières is the youngest (36); Perros-Guirec the oldest (62.4).
Saint-Benoît is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Benoît | 47.4 | 27% | 1.7% | 5.3% |
| Poitiers 89,916 · 1.8 mi | 30 | 16% | 3.6% | 13% |
| Ligugé 3,444 · 2.5 mi | 46.6 | 25% | 2.3% | 4.4% |
| Smarves 2,941 · 3 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 1.9% | 2% |
| Mignaloux-Beauvoir 5,229 · 3.1 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 1.7% | 6% |
| Buxerolles 10,289 · 3.4 mi | 43.5 | 25% | 1.8% | 8.1% |
| Vouneuil-sous-Biard 6,290 · 3.8 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 0.6% | 4.2% |
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-Benoît
What is the population of Saint-Benoît?
7,375 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (7,094).
How old are Saint-Benoît’s residents?
The median age is 47.4, older than 72% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Benoît?
70, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Benoît?
INSEE counts 390 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 220 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Benoît?
€28,060 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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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