13% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns
With empty homes at 11%, Sainte-Savine is ahead of 83% of compared French towns on that count. Higher than in 84% of compared French towns: 20% of households have no car. Census day 2023: 10,289 residents and 5,610 households here. On the census count, 54% of homes are flats.
Throughout this page, the Aube 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 Sainte-Savine
Many people living alone
51% of Sainte-Savine’s households are one person: higher than in 95% of compared French towns; 43% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: +2% since 2012, behind 62% 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 +5%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aube town +2%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 13% in Sainte-Savine, more than in 82% 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
■ Sainte-Savine 46. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (24%), Sainte-Savine is above 63% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Sainte-Savine: 51% of households are one person living alone, above 95% 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 Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Sainte-Savine. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 1.8 people.
20% of households rent social housing (HLM), a share 78% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Turnover: 15% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 16% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Against that, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 2.2%.
At the median, €24,190 a year to live on
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 Sainte-Savine is €24,190 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 69% of compared French towns. Some 18.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
13% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 56% 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 come to 10% in Sainte-Savine, about one in ten. Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Sainte-Savine comes in at 33%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 61% of compared French towns, at 8.1%
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 19 here (5.2%). In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Sainte-Savine sits below 96% of compared French towns for married residents (32%)
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, 32% of residents 15 and over are single here. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Above 76% of compared French towns: 24% of adults out of school have no 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
Graduates of higher education: 31% of the total. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
12th highest median age among 41 French towns of 10,118 to 10,472
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Serris (33.5), the youngest, and Fouesnant (57), the oldest.
Sainte-Savine 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Savine | 46 | 24% | 2.2% | 8.1% |
| Les Noës-près-Troyes 3,261 · 0.7 mi | 43.8 | 25% | 0.8% | 15% |
| Saint-André-les-Vergers 12,806 · 1 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 12% |
| Troyes 62,088 · 1.2 mi | 36.5 | 19% | 6.2% | 16% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Luc 12,648 · 1.2 mi | 36.3 | 19% | 1.1% | 24% |
| La Rivière-de-Corps 3,692 · 1.3 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 0.9% | 6% |
| Rosières-près-Troyes 4,840 · 2.4 mi | 32.7 | 15% | 3% | 8.5% |
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 Sainte-Savine
What is the population of Sainte-Savine?
10,289 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (10,100).
How old are Sainte-Savine’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Savine?
140, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Savine?
INSEE counts 840 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.1% of residents, and 540 foreign nationals (5.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sainte-Savine?
€24,190 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 18.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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