A higher share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns, at 21%
In Saint-Secondin, 3.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. The town’s 260 households held 531 residents at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a manager or professional: 2% of the total. On second homes, Saint-Secondin sits higher than 86% of compared French towns: 8.4%.
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-Secondin
Empty homes
The census found 81 homes empty (21%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −4% since 2012, behind 85% 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
In two steps, −1% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Vienne.
Older than 79% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Secondin is over 49
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Secondin 49. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (28%), Saint-Secondin is above 79% of compared French towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.5% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
46% of households are one person living alone, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
There are 2 people in the average household. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 23%, fewer than in 62% of compared French towns. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Single-parent households: 9.8%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Flats make up 6.3% in Saint-Secondin, less than in 93% 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
17% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.2% moved in within the last two years. At 13%, the share of households without a car is higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
A median of €22,290 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €22,290 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 95% of compared French towns: 48%
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 5.7%, Saint-Secondin is behind 95% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Saint-Secondin, 3.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 81% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 2.3% in Saint-Secondin. 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.
35% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 89% 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
For Saint-Secondin, the census puts single residents at 25%. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 16%, a lower share than 96% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 24%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (531 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Saint-Secondin 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-Secondin | 49 | 28% | 8.4% | 3.1% |
| Nieuil-l'Espoir 2,631 · 11.3 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 0.7% | 1.9% |
| Nouaillé-Maupertuis 2,975 · 13 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.9% | 1.9% |
| Vivonne 4,550 · 13 mi | 41 | 21% | 2.9% | 5.1% |
| Valdivienne 2,715 · 13.6 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Valence-en-Poitou 4,325 · 13.8 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Iteuil 2,989 · 14.2 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 2% | 2.3% |
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-Secondin
What is the population of Saint-Secondin?
531 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (553).
How old are Saint-Secondin’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Secondin?
32, with occasional dwellings: 8.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Secondin?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Secondin?
€22,290 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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