2.6% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
21% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Second homes: 7.7% of the total. Lower than in 89% of compared French towns: 7.1% of households are single parents. In 2023, the Census found 477 residents in Sainte-Magnance, living in 210 households.
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 Sainte-Magnance
Empty homes
The census found 34 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +6% since 2012 puts Sainte-Magnance ahead of 56% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −4% in Yonne.
10% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 63% 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
■ Sainte-Magnance 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in four: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Sainte-Magnance (23%). The median age in the town is 44.2, higher than in just over half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Sainte-Magnance: 29% of households are couples with children, above 70% 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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. Fewer one-person households than in 61% of compared French towns: 33%. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
In Sainte-Magnance, 13% of homes stand empty, more than in 91% 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 15 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 6.6% of households have no car.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,960 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 €23,960 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
In Sainte-Magnance, 33% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 54% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.4% of residents are foreign nationals, below 99% 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.
2.5% of residents are immigrants, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 86% of compared French towns: 21%
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 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 15% in Sainte-Magnance, less than in 97% 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
Locally, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 477 to 2,582 people
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).
Sainte-Magnance is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Magnance | 44.2 | 23% | 7.7% | 2.5% |
| Avallon 6,305 · 8.4 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 5.6% | 12% |
| Semur-en-Auxois 3,986 · 12.4 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 9.3% | 5.6% |
| Montbard 4,639 · 17.1 mi | 52.9 | 33% | 3.8% | 7.3% |
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 Sainte-Magnance
What is the population of Sainte-Magnance?
477 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (449).
How old are Sainte-Magnance’s residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Magnance?
21, with occasional dwellings: 7.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Magnance?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sainte-Magnance?
€23,960 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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