Households headed by a manager or professional: 3.4%, a lower share than 96% of compared French towns
The share of households in social housing is 2.5%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. There were 1,050 households in Sarras at the 2023 Census, home to 2,220 residents. The census found that 24% of homes are flats in the town. With a median age of 45.4, Sarras is older than 59% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ardèche 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.
A growing town: +7% since 2012, faster than 60% 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 change was +6% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ardèche town +4%.
Sarras sits above 60% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (24%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sarras 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, 10% of residents are 15 to 24. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Sarras ranks above 61% of compared French towns on one-person households: 38%
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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 9.6%, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns. Nothing unusual on couples with children: 25%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households without a car than 64% of compared French towns: 8.4%
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
At 3%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 9.3% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 23%. More empty homes than in 58% of compared French towns: 7.5%. As a reference point, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €25,600 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 median standard of living in Sarras is €25,600 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 11.0% of residents.
Sarras sits above 92% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (23%)
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
Just over a third of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3% in Sarras, less than in 82% 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.
Foreign nationals: 1.6%, below 85% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 24%, a lower share than 65% 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
On the census count, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 23%, a lower share than 75% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 23% of adults out of school have no qualification in Sarras. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
21st highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,220 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).
Older than Sarras: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarras | 45.4 | 24% | 3% | 3% |
| Saint-Vallier 4,027 · 1 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay 2,725 · 4.7 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| Davézieux 3,205 · 6.6 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 1.3% | 4.4% |
| Roiffieux 2,743 · 7.1 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.8% | 2.3% |
| Anneyron 4,169 · 7.3 mi | 46 | 24% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon 7,001 · 7.3 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 1% | 16% |
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 Sarras
What is the population of Sarras?
2,220 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (2,072).
How old are Sarras’ residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sarras?
34, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sarras?
INSEE counts 67 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sarras?
€25,600 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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