One-person households make up 20% in Saurais, less than in 99% of compared French towns
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (6.7%), Saurais is below 92% of compared French towns. The share of households in social housing stands at 2.6%. 4.4% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 74% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 178 residents in 76 households.
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 Saurais
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saurais had 199 residents at the 2012 census and 178 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 97% of compared French towns grew faster than Saurais: −11%
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 −5%, then −6% to 2023.
Half of Saurais is over 46.6, older than 67% 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
■ Saurais 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
9.6% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). For Saurais, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are couples with children, a share 88% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.3 people.
Above 84% of compared French towns: 11% of homes stand empty
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
9.2% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 13% moved in during the last two years and 29% have stayed three decades or more. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €24,250 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 residents live in households above €24,250 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 40%, a higher share than 83% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 95% of compared French towns, at 1.7%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.7% in Saurais. As a yardstick, 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.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Saurais has 55%. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 16% of adults out of school have no qualification in Saurais
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
Graduates of higher education make up 27%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (178 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Saurais is younger than 3 of its 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saurais | 46.6 | 22% | 4.4% | 1.7% |
| Parthenay 10,140 · 5.2 mi | 50 | 31% | 2.8% | 7.3% |
| Châtillon-sur-Thouet 2,656 · 5.6 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 1.3% | 3.4% |
| Boivre-la-Vallée 3,024 · 12.3 mi | 42.1 | 18% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
| Airvault 3,306 · 14.4 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Maixent-l'École 7,595 · 14.7 mi | 35.5 | 21% | 2.7% | 7.6% |
| Vouillé 3,697 · 15 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 1.7% | 1.6% |
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 Saurais
What is the population of Saurais?
178 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (199).
How old are Saurais’ residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saurais?
4, with occasional dwellings: 4.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saurais?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saurais?
€24,250 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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