28% of homes in Saulxures are second homes
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Saulxures is home to 508 residents in 210 households, by the 2023 Census. For Saulxures, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 4.6%. Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 3.6% of households have no car here.
Throughout this page, the Bas-Rhin 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 Saulxures
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 92 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saulxures, 28% of its 320 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 92% 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.
Fewer flats than 89% of compared French towns: 8.9%
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
Empty homes: 5.3%, below 70% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 81% of compared French towns grew faster than Saulxures: −3%
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 −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Bas-Rhin town +6%.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 73% of compared French towns: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saulxures 43.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Saulxures is 43.7, lower than in 52% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Across Saulxures, 9.1% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 91% of compared French towns, at 6.9%
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 Bas-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.3 people. Saulxures has fewer one-person households than 70% of compared French towns, at 31%. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. The figure for couples with children is 26% in Saulxures and 25% in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €25,860 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.
At €25,860 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Saulxures sits below 84% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (25%)
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 manual worker make up 18%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 94% 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 Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals. On average, 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.
Saulxures: 45% of residents 15 and over are married, above 67% 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
Put another way, about one in four: 26% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Saulxures sits below 80% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (14%)
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 graduates of higher education trails two thirds of compared French towns: 26%. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th youngest 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Saulxures
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saulxures | 43.7 | 19% | 28% | 1.7% |
| La Broque 2,625 · 6.3 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 7.5% | 6.9% |
| Moyenmoutier 3,134 · 10.3 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 4.5% | 2.4% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 10.6 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 11.1 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Raon-l'Étape 5,886 · 13.2 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
| Barr 7,057 · 14.6 mi | 44 | 20% | 2.5% | 9% |
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 Saulxures
What is the population of Saulxures?
508 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (523).
How old are Saulxures’ residents?
The median age is 43.7, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saulxures?
92, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saulxures?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saulxures?
€25,860 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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