A larger share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 19%
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 2.7% of homes are flats here. At the 2023 Census, 97 people lived in Sainte-Pallaye, in 43 households. Across Sainte-Pallaye, a third of households are headed by a manual worker. Lower than in 90% of compared French towns: 4.7% of households have no car.
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-Pallaye
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 16 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sainte-Pallaye, 22% of its 73 homes: higher than in 94% 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
Sainte-Pallaye had 125 residents at the 2012 census and 97 in 2023, down 22%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 14 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
A young town
Half of Sainte-Pallaye’s residents are under 38 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 19% are under 15 and 19% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 22% in Sainte-Pallaye, more than in 94% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Of all households, 12% moved in during the last two years and 23% have stayed three decades or more.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Sainte-Pallaye changed by −22% since 2012
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −4% for the median Yonne town, the change came in two steps: −13% from 2012 to 2017, then −11% to 2023.
A median age of 38: Sainte-Pallaye is younger than 88% 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-Pallaye 38. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails just over two thirds of compared French towns: 19%. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 9.2% here, fewer than in 78% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 78 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 64% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Here just over one in ten households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. In Sainte-Pallaye, 33% of households are one person living alone.
The largest group of households: manual workers (33%)
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.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 2% in Sainte-Pallaye and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
In Sainte-Pallaye, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 82% 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 Sainte-Pallaye, the census puts married residents at 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 66% of compared French towns, at 35%
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 17% in Sainte-Pallaye and 19% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 97 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Sainte-Pallaye
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Pallaye | 38 | 19% | 22% | 3.1% |
| Auxerre 35,097 · 11.1 mi | 44.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 13% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche 3,151 · 12.3 mi | 56.9 | 38% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Monéteau 4,114 · 14.2 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2% | 6.2% |
| Clamecy 3,544 · 15.3 mi | 49.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 11% |
| Avallon 6,305 · 15.7 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 5.6% | 12% |
| Appoigny 3,114 · 16.7 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 6.2% |
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-Pallaye
What is the population of Sainte-Pallaye?
97 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% fewer than in 2012 (125).
How old are Sainte-Pallaye’s residents?
The median age is 38, younger than 88% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Pallaye?
16, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Pallaye?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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