Saint-Romain ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 0.7%
With a median age of 52.5, Saint-Romain is older than 90% of compared French towns. This Vienne town is home to 386 residents in 190 households, by the 2023 Census. About one in 30: that is how common households in social housing are in Saint-Romain (3.3%). The share of households without a car trails 83% of compared French towns: 5.6%.
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-Romain
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 55 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Romain, 19% of its 290 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Romain had 426 residents at the 2012 census and 386 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Saint-Romain (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 17% of residents, against 3.9% for the median compared commune in Vienne. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 51 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Romain: 18% of homes stand empty, above 98% 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
27% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.1% moved in within the last two years. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. On second homes, Saint-Romain sits higher than 93% of compared French towns: 19%.
Saint-Romain’s population moved −9% on 2012, less than in 96% 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 Vienne town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −7% and the next six −3%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 90% of compared French towns: 32%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Romain 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.6% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
In Saint-Romain, 18% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 82% 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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 7.7%, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. In Saint-Romain, just over a third of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €19,670 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.
The median standard of living in Saint-Romain is €19,670 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 55%
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
Here just over a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Measured more widely, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 17%, a higher share than 88% 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, 15% of residents are foreign nationals here. Typically, 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.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, below 96% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 51% of residents 15 and over are married here. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 29% in Saint-Romain. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 386 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 4 towns nearest Saint-Romain, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Romain | 52.5 | 32% | 19% | 17% |
| Civray 2,522 · 6.8 mi | 61 | 43% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| Valence-en-Poitou 4,325 · 10.2 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Vivonne 4,550 · 15 mi | 41 | 21% | 2.9% | 5.1% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 16.1 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
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-Romain
What is the population of Saint-Romain?
386 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (426).
How old are Saint-Romain’s residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Romain?
55, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Romain?
INSEE counts 64 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 60 foreign nationals (15%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Romain?
€19,670 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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