Saint-Sauvant ranks below 95% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.5%
Second homes: 9.2% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. 515 residents in 250 households: that is Saint-Sauvant at the 2023 Census. In Saint-Sauvant, 6.1% of households are single parents. At 4%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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.
+2% since 2012: slower than 61% 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
The first five years brought −4%; the six to 2023, +6%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%.
Half of Saint-Sauvant is over 48.1, older than 75% 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
■ Saint-Sauvant 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 16% in Saint-Sauvant, less than in 87% 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 Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2 people each. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Saint-Sauvant has 34%.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 4.8% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
In the last two years, 8% of households moved in; at the other end, 27% have stayed 30 years or more. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 9.5%, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%.
The median resident lives on €24,310 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.
Living standards centre on €24,310 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 95% of compared French towns: 24%
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
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Saint-Sauvant. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Saint-Sauvant, 3.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 77% 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, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Saint-Sauvant, 2.8%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Saint-Sauvant, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 81% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Saint-Sauvant has 45%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 14% in Saint-Sauvant, less than in 80% 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
Just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 515 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Saint-Sauvant: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Sauvant | 48.1 | 24% | 9.2% | 3.5% |
| Chaniers 3,651 · 2.9 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 4% | 2% |
| Saintes 25,363 · 6.5 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.7% | 5.5% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 6.7 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 8.8 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 9.8 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux 2,843 · 10.3 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
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 Saint-Sauvant
What is the population of Saint-Sauvant?
515 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (505).
How old are Saint-Sauvant’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Sauvant?
29, with occasional dwellings: 9.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Sauvant?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Sauvant?
€24,310 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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