Saint-Privé is older than 96% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.6
Here 2% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. Saint-Privé is home to 515 residents in 250 households, by the 2023 Census. Census figures put empty homes at 1.9% in the town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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-Privé
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Privé, 31% of its 370 homes: higher than in 95% 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-Privé’s residents are under 56.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Privé had 562 residents at the 2012 census and 515 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 31% of its homes
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 share of households without a car trails 64% of compared French towns: 8.4%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 22% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6% (under two years).
−8% since 2012, a pace below 95% 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 Yonne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −7% and the next six −1%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 6.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Privé 56.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 33% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Below 65% of compared French towns: 22% of households are couples with children
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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.1 people in the average household. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. More one-person households than in 54% of compared French towns: 36%.
Median standard of living: €23,680 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,680 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
In Saint-Privé, 46% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 94% 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
Here 4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%. In Saint-Privé, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6% of Saint-Privé’s residents are immigrants
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.
That is lower than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%. Put another way, about one in 17: 6% of residents are immigrants. There is little gap on foreign nationals: 4.7%, about the same as 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.
Married residents: 56%, a higher share than 99% 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
18% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Only 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Saint-Privé
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 24% in Saint-Privé. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (515 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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).
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Privé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Privé | 56.6 | 33% | 31% | 6% |
| Briare 4,911 · 12.8 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 9.7% | 12% |
| Châtillon-sur-Loire 3,065 · 13.9 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 11% | 2.7% |
| Toucy 2,571 · 14 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 4.2% | 4.3% |
| Charny Orée de Puisaye 4,900 · 14.3 mi | 56 | 35% | 23% | 3.3% |
| Nogent-sur-Vernisson 2,559 · 16 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 4.8% | 8.9% |
| Gien 13,459 · 17.2 mi | 43.2 | 24% | 5.9% | 19% |
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-Privé
What is the population of Saint-Privé?
515 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (562).
How old are Saint-Privé’s residents?
The median age is 56.6, older than 96% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Privé?
110, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Privé?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (4.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Privé?
€23,680 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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