Saint-Gaudent is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.7
Flats: 1.6% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Saint-Gaudent’s population at 303, in 140 households. Roughly four in ten: two in five households are headed by a retired person.
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.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Gaudent
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 25 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Gaudent, 14% of its 190 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Gaudent’s residents are under 54.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2%
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
Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Saint-Gaudent has 14%. Set beside that, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. The census found that 9.9% of homes stand empty locally.
A change of +1% since 2012 leaves Saint-Gaudent behind 66% 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 change was +3% from 2012 to 2017 and −2% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Vienne town +4%.
5.7% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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-Gaudent 54.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 33%, above 91% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are one person living alone, below 86% 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 Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. 24% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%.
€27,130 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,130 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Above 86% of compared French towns: 21% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Saint-Gaudent, 7.6%. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 73% of compared French towns: 7.8%
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.
Immigrants make up 8.1%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Vienne has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 61% of compared French towns. Against that, 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.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 57%
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
By its share of single residents (18%), Saint-Gaudent is below 98% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Saint-Gaudent has 17%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Older than Saint-Gaudent: 2 of the 3 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Gaudent | 54.7 | 33% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Civray 2,522 · 2 mi | 61 | 43% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 7.5 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Valence-en-Poitou 4,325 · 14.1 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
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-Gaudent
What is the population of Saint-Gaudent?
303 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (300).
How old are Saint-Gaudent’s residents?
The median age is 54.7, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Gaudent?
25, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Gaudent?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.1% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (7.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Gaudent?
€27,130 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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