Sardent ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 4.8%
2.7% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 47% in Sardent. At 5.4%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 84% of compared French towns. Its 370 households held 760 residents at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Creuse 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 Sardent
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sardent, 22% of its 580 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Sardent’s residents are under 52.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 80 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Sardent sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (2.8%)
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 Sardent, 22% of homes are second homes, beside 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 14% here. At 11%, the share of households without a car is higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
−1% since 2012: slower than 76% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +2%, then −4% to 2023. Over those years, the median Creuse town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%.
Sardent is older than 89% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sardent 52.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 30%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Sardent ranks above 64% of compared French towns on one-person households: 39%
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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of couples with children is 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Households average 2.1 people.
Median standard of living: €23,390 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.
Half of Sardent’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,390 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
Sardent sits below 92% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (4.1%)
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: 11%, below 71% of compared French towns. On average, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Sardent sits below 63% of compared French towns for immigrants (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 Creuse has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 63% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. About one in 22: that is how common foreign nationals are in Sardent (4.5%).
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 19% in Sardent, less than in 95% 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
The census found that 43% of residents 15 and over are married in Sardent. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Sardent
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
In Sardent, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
9th highest median age among 41 French towns of 760 to 2,582
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).
Sardent is younger than 1 of its 3 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sardent | 52.1 | 30% | 22% | 5% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 7.6 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 8.5 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 16.3 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
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 Sardent
What is the population of Sardent?
760 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (771).
How old are Sardent’s residents?
The median age is 52.1, older than 89% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sardent?
130, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sardent?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 34 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sardent?
€23,390 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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