Above 95% of compared French towns: 28% of homes are second homes
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.9%, Saissac is behind 93% of compared French towns on that count. 6.5% of homes are flats. On couples with children, Saissac sits lower than four fifths of compared French towns: 18%. The 2023 Census counted 904 residents in 410 households.
Throughout this page, the Aude 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 Saissac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 200 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saissac, 28% of its 710 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Saissac’s residents are under 51.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 100 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.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 15% of homes stand empty
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
By its share of households without a car (8%), Saissac is below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Few places have as many households in social housing: 17% here, more than in 69% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 11% of households arrived within the last two years, while 18% have stayed 30 years or more.
Slower growth than 76% of compared French towns: Saissac changed by −2% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Aude town +4%.
Older than 88% of compared French towns: half of Saissac is over 51.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saissac 51.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In Saissac, 31% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A larger share of single-parent households than 79% of compared French towns: 12%
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 Aude median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2 people. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. One-person households: 39% of the total.
A typical living standard of €21,410 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 Saissac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,410 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 92% of compared French towns.
Saissac ranks below 75% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 6.1%
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
10% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. In Saissac, 37% 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).
10% of residents are immigrants, more than in 72% 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.
The median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 72% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. For Saissac, the census puts foreign nationals at 7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Saissac, 37% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 85% of compared French towns
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
28% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 68% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Saissac has 21%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 904 to 2,582 people, the 9th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Saissac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saissac | 51.7 | 31% | 28% | 10% |
| Bram 3,233 · 8.4 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Sorèze 2,965 · 8.5 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.9% | 5.8% |
| Revel 9,762 · 10.8 mi | 52.6 | 33% | 3% | 6.1% |
| Castelnaudary 12,151 · 11 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 11.1 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 12.3 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
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 Saissac
What is the population of Saissac?
904 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (918).
How old are Saissac’s residents?
The median age is 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saissac?
200, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saissac?
INSEE counts 93 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 64 foreign nationals (7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saissac?
€21,410 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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