Only 2.1% of homes are flats in Sabarat
16% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Sabarat’s population at 361, in 170 households. Across Sabarat, 7% of residents are 15 to 24. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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 Sabarat
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 45 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sabarat, 19% of its 240 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 19%
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
The figure for empty homes is 9% in Sabarat and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. By contrast, at 9.9%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 54% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 7% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 22%.
A growing town: +6% since 2012, faster than 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
Sabarat ranks above 77% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 27%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sabarat 46.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Sabarat’s residents are over 46.8, older than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
13% of households are single parents, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. One-person households are more common here than in 75% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €21,940 a year in standard of living
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.
At €21,940 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
43% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 89% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker trails 80% of compared French towns: 9.5%. Across the comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 16 here (6.1%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 71% of compared French towns: 4.2%
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 about one in 25 here (4%). 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 lower share of married residents than 77% of compared French towns, at 39%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 29% of residents 15 and over are single in Sabarat. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Below 72% of compared French towns: 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in five here (20%). Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Sabarat are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabarat | 46.8 | 27% | 19% | 4.2% |
| Montesquieu-Volvestre 3,050 · 11.1 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 6.5% | 5.1% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 11.4 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 11.8 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 12.6 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Saverdun 4,808 · 13.2 mi | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 7.3% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 13.3 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
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 Sabarat
What is the population of Sabarat?
361 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (340).
How old are Sabarat’s residents?
The median age is 46.8, older than 68% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sabarat?
45, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sabarat?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sabarat?
€21,940 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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