Saulgond sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (0.6%)
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 2%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 530 residents and 240 households in Saulgond. About one in 42: that is how common households without a car are in Saulgond (2.4%).
Throughout this page, the Charente 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 Saulgond
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saulgond, 14% of its 320 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 38 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saulgond: 14% of homes are second homes, above 90% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Saulgond, the census puts empty homes at 12%. Some 6.7% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 21% who have been there 30 years or more.
A change of +5% since 2012 leaves Saulgond behind 51% 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 median Charente town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six +2%.
Above 82% of compared French towns: 29% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saulgond 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Saulgond is 48.5, higher than in 77% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
30% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 77% 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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.3 people. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 8.4% of households are single parents, or about one in 12. Few places have as many couples with children: 26% here, more than in 57% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €22,370 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,370 a year: lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns, at 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
The share of households headed by a retired person tops 90% of compared French towns: 43%. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 85% of compared French towns, at 11%
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 Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 77% of compared French towns. Immigrants account for 12%. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Saulgond ranks below 97% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
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
The share of married residents tops just over four fifths of compared French towns: 47%. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Saulgond, 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 86% 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
Saulgond has more adults with no qualification than 57% of compared French towns, at 20%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 530 to 2,582 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Saulgond
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saulgond | 48.5 | 29% | 14% | 12% |
| Saint-Junien 11,415 · 6.9 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 7.1 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Rochechouart 3,603 · 8.7 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 11% | 6.4% |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 3,777 · 10.9 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| Oradour-sur-Glane 2,550 · 11.7 mi | 44.8 | 25% | 3.4% | 2.6% |
| Bellac 3,537 · 17.4 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.1% | 7.9% |
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 Saulgond
What is the population of Saulgond?
530 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (507).
How old are Saulgond’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saulgond?
44, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saulgond?
INSEE counts 62 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 59 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saulgond?
€22,370 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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