In Savy, 0.7% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
24% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. Across Savy, 21% of households are headed by a manual worker. The median age locally is 49.2, higher than in four fifths of compared French towns. The town counted 618 residents and 270 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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.
Slower growth than 56% of compared French towns: Savy changed by +3% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aisne town −4%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +2%; 2017 to 2023, +1%.
Savy sits below 86% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.7%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Savy 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Savy, 24%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
30% of households are couples with children, more than in 77% 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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.3 people in the average household. 11% of households are single parents, more than in 69% of compared French towns. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Savy sits below 77% of compared French towns for households without a car (6.4%)
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
4.3% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. The census found that 0.7% of homes are second homes in Savy. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,110 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 midpoint of living standards here is €27,110 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
In Savy, 38% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 76% 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
Locally, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional. 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.8%
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.
0.3% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). As a yardstick, 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.
Married residents make up 55% in Savy, more than in 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single here. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 28% in Savy, less than in 55% 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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 618 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Savy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savy | 49.2 | 24% | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| Gauchy 5,183 · 3.9 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 0.4% | 4% |
| Saint-Quentin 52,813 · 4.4 mi | 41.3 | 23% | 1.6% | 9% |
| Ham 4,378 · 7.7 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1% | 2.8% |
| Tergnier 13,045 · 12.6 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 1% | 6.7% |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand 2,890 · 12.9 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Beautor 2,579 · 13.6 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 0.4% | 5.4% |
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 Savy
What is the population of Savy?
618 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (598).
How old are Savy’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Savy?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Savy?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Savy?
€27,110 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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