Salon: 75% of households are headed by a retired person, above 99% of compared French towns
Here 1.3% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Meanwhile, at 6.4%, the share of second homes is higher than in 81% of compared French towns. 129 residents in 61 households: that is Salon at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 15 to 24: 4.8% of the total.
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 Salon
Fewer residents than in 2012
Salon had 148 residents at the 2012 census and 129 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Salon’s residents are under 53.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 12 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Salon changed by −13% from 2012 to 2023, behind 99% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aube town +2%. The first five years brought −19%; the six to 2023, +8%.
Half of Salon is over 53.2, older than 91% 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
■ Salon 53.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 28% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
42% women, 58% men
About 74 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 33%, a lower share than 59% 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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. There is little gap on couples with children: 25%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes: 15%, a higher share than 96% 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
The share of households in social housing is 3.4%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 6.8% of households have no car in Salon. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €24,910 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.
Living standards centre on €24,910 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 67% of compared French towns: 17%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 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: 1.6%, a lower share than 96% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Salon has 1.6%. The median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 96% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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.
More married residents than 97% of compared French towns: 52%
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
Single residents make up 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 7.8%, a lower share than 99% 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 29% of adults out of school have no qualification here. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Salon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salon | 53.2 | 28% | 6.4% | 1.6% |
| Arcis-sur-Aube 2,785 · 9.7 mi | 46 | 28% | 2.2% | 5.5% |
| Sézanne 4,576 · 13.9 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 3% | 8.3% |
| Romilly-sur-Seine 14,959 · 15.5 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 2.7% | 17% |
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 Salon
What is the population of Salon?
129 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (148).
How old are Salon’s residents?
The median age is 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Salon?
5, with occasional dwellings: 6.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Salon?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Salon?
€24,910 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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