Photo: Jack ma · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Saujon is over 59.6, older than 98% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person make up 52%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Saujon’s 3,850 households held 7,440 residents at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 16: 6.3% of households rent social housing (HLM). Few places have as many one-person households: 41% here, more than in 73% 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.
What stands out about the people of Saujon
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 600 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saujon, 13% of its 4,780 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 59% 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 Saujon’s residents are under 59.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
13% of homes are second homes, a share 90% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Saujon, 24%. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households without a car make up about one in 11 here (9.2%). Lower than in just over half of compared French towns: 6.6% of homes stand empty.
Since 2012, Saujon has grown +6%, faster than 56% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +8% for the median Charente-Maritime town, the change came in two steps: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns: 42%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saujon 59.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 96% of compared French towns: 7.3%. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 13% of households are couples with children
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
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Saujon. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 1.9 people.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,390 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 €25,390 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 56% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 13.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
Saujon sits below 95% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (3.4%)
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: 8% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saujon ranks below 81% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.1%
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 Saujon, 2% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
Single residents make up 21% in Saujon, less than in 84% 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
In Saujon, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Saujon ranks below 84% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 21%
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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Saujon. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd oldest of 41 French towns of 7,337 to 7,544 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Gières (36), the oldest Paimpol (61.5).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Saujon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saujon | 59.6 | 42% | 13% | 3.1% |
| Médis 3,157 · 2.6 mi | 56.7 | 36% | 8.7% | 3% |
| Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan 3,446 · 4 mi | 58.7 | 40% | 7.3% | 2.3% |
| Semussac 2,585 · 5 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9.3% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Didonne 5,092 · 5.6 mi | 67.3 | 55% | 67% | 2.7% |
| Royan 19,425 · 5.6 mi | 64.5 | 49% | 43% | 4.4% |
| Breuillet 3,058 · 6.4 mi | 62.5 | 45% | 14% | 2.4% |
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 Saujon
What is the population of Saujon?
7,440 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (7,008).
How old are Saujon’s residents?
The median age is 59.6, older than 98% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saujon?
600, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saujon?
INSEE counts 230 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 150 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saujon?
€25,390 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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