A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.2%
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Savas has 21%. 2% of homes are flats. On empty homes, Savas sits lower than 96% of compared French towns: 3%. This Ardèche town had 896 residents in 370 households at the 2023 Census.
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.
What stands out about the people of Savas
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 6.7% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +5% since 2012, faster than 51% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +6%, and from 2017 to 2023 ±0%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ardèche town +4%.
Half of Savas is over 48.6, older than 78% 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
■ Savas 48.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 20%, below 62% of compared French towns. Lower than in 84% of compared French towns: 8.8% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Savas: 36% of households are couples with children, above 94% 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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.4 people. Lower than in 92% of compared French towns: 6.7% of households are single parents. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%.
In Savas, 3.3% of homes are second homes, more than in 65% 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. In the last two years, 4% of households moved in; at the other end, 30% have stayed 30 years or more. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €30,110 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.
Half of residents live in households above €30,110 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
Savas: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 83% 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 make up 11%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 31% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Savas sits below 97% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.5%)
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 make up 0.6%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
A larger share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 56%
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
17% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification: 15%, 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
The share of graduates of higher education tops two thirds of compared French towns: 35%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 896 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Savas is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savas | 48.6 | 20% | 3.3% | 1.5% |
| Davézieux 3,205 · 3 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 1.3% | 4.4% |
| Annonay 17,274 · 3.6 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 3.4% | 14% |
| Roiffieux 2,743 · 5 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.8% | 2.3% |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay 2,725 · 5.2 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| Bourg-Argental 2,886 · 5.6 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 6.2% | 2.4% |
| Chanas 2,706 · 7 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 3% | 11% |
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 Savas
What is the population of Savas?
896 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (852).
How old are Savas’ residents?
The median age is 48.6, older than 78% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Savas?
13, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Savas?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Savas?
€30,110 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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