Above 98% of compared French towns: 39% of households are couples with children
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Sassy was home to 217 people in 88 households. In Sassy, 44% of households are headed by a manual worker. Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Sassy has 2.2%.
Throughout this page, the Calvados 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 Sassy
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 5.6% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Sassy’s residents are under 37.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 20% are under 15 and 10% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 65% of compared French towns: Sassy changed by +9% 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 change was +4% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Calvados town +1%.
10% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Sassy 37.2. The median compared French town: 44.
12% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Meanwhile, with a median age of 37.2, Sassy is younger than 91% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 98% of compared French towns: 22%
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 Calvados median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Sassy comes in at 5.6%. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Households average 2.5 people.
In Sassy, 3.4% of homes are second homes, more than in 66% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Long tenure is the mark of 22% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.8% (under two years). The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. At 6.9%, empty homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median of €27,100 a year per consumption unit
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 Sassy is €27,100 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 22% in Sassy, less than in 91% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (5.6%), Sassy is below four fifths of compared French towns. Typically, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Sassy sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (0.5%)
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 Calvados has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 80% 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
With married residents at 42%, Sassy is behind 60% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
In Sassy, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 77% 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, or about one in three. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 217 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Sassy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sassy | 37.2 | 10% | 3.4% | 0.5% |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 7,100 · 6.5 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| Falaise 7,680 · 6.7 mi | 46 | 26% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Mézidon Vallée d'Auge 9,766 · 7.6 mi | 40.9 | 20% | 6.8% | 1.8% |
| Moult-Chicheboville 3,441 · 8.8 mi | 35.9 | 13% | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| Argences 3,959 · 9.8 mi | 43.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 1.8% |
| Bourguébus 2,613 · 11.9 mi | 34.6 | 9.8% | 0.2% | 2.3% |
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 Sassy
What is the population of Sassy?
217 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (200).
How old are Sassy’s residents?
The median age is 37.2, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 10% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sassy?
3, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sassy?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sassy?
€27,100 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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