In Saivres, 0.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
2.8% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Saivres counted 1,306 residents and 580 households at the 2023 Census. Across Saivres, 4.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Fewer one-person households than in 87% of compared French towns: 28%.
Throughout this page, the Deux-Sèvres 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 Saivres
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saivres had 1,417 residents at the 2012 census and 1,306 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 94% of compared French towns: Saivres changed by −8% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +1% for the median Deux-Sèvres town, the change came in two steps: +3% from 2012 to 2017, then −11% to 2023.
Saivres ranks below 89% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saivres 48. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Saivres’s residents are over 48, older than in 74% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. On the census count, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
5% of households are single parents, below 99% 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 Deux-Sèvres median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children make up 27%, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
3% of homes are flats, below 99% 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
Compared with 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 4.5% of homes are second homes here. Typically, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. For Saivres, the census puts empty homes at 8.4%.
€26,430 a year: the median standard of living
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.
At €26,430 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
22% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 90% 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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 29% in Saivres and 32% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 90% of compared French towns, at 2.1%
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.
The share of foreign nationals is 1.6%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Deux-Sèvres has 3.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
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 17% in Saivres, less than in 99% 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
53% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Saivres, 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 81% 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
The census found that 18% of adults out of school have no qualification in Saivres. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,306 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Saivres
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saivres | 48 | 23% | 4.5% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Maixent-l'École 7,595 · 1.9 mi | 35.5 | 21% | 2.7% | 7.6% |
| La Crèche 5,662 · 6 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 1.1% | 3.3% |
| Chauray 7,221 · 8.6 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 1.2% | 4.2% |
| Échiré 3,549 · 8.9 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Vouillé 3,566 · 9.7 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.9% | 2.4% |
| Aigondigné 4,710 · 9.8 mi | 43.7 | 18% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
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 Saivres
What is the population of Saivres?
1,306 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (1,417).
How old are Saivres’ residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saivres?
30, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saivres?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saivres?
€26,430 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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