Saverdun sits below 75% of compared French towns for households in social housing (7.3%)
The share of flats trails 66% of compared French towns: 21%. Saverdun had 4,808 residents in 2,190 households at the 2023 census. One-person households: 38% of the total. 6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 71% 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.
Faster growth than 56% of compared French towns: Saverdun changed by +6% 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
The first five years brought +7%; the six to 2023, −1%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ariège town +2%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 21%, a lower share than 55% 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
■ Saverdun 44. The median compared French town: 44.
Little separates the share of residents aged 15 to 24 here, 11%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Half of Saverdun’s residents are under 44, younger than in 50% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Saverdun sits below 56% of compared French towns for couples with children (24%)
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
Households average 2.1 people. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. Few places have as many single-parent households: 10% here, more than in 52% of compared French towns.
9.3% of homes stand empty, more than in 74% 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
One household in eight has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In Saverdun, 13% of households have no car. The town has more second homes than 54% of compared French towns, at 2.4%.
A typical living standard of €23,750 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 €23,750 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 74% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 17.0% of residents.
In Saverdun, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 60% 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
On households headed by a retired person, Saverdun sits lower than 57% of compared French towns: 31%. Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.3% of Saverdun’s residents are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%. Put another way, about one in 14: 7.3% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 5%.
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 87% of compared French towns, at 36%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Saverdun has 28%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 25%, a lower share than 68% 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 adults with no qualification tops 60% of compared French towns: 21%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
19th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 4,773 to 4,843
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Rosières-près-Troyes is the youngest (32.7); Vittel the oldest (56.6).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Saverdun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saverdun | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 7.3% |
| Mazères 3,852 · 5.2 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
| Cintegabelle 3,006 · 5.5 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 3.2% | 4.5% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 8.3 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Nailloux 4,211 · 8.9 mi | 37.7 | 14% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Auterive 10,456 · 9.6 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 1.8% | 9.7% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 9.8 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 Saverdun
What is the population of Saverdun?
4,808 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (4,526).
How old are Saverdun’s residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 50% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saverdun?
59, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saverdun?
INSEE counts 350 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.3% of residents, and 240 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saverdun?
€23,750 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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