Households without a car: 2.7%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 8.2% of residents are 15 to 24 in Savasse. At the 2023 Census, 1,631 people lived in the town, in 720 households. In Savasse, 6.3% of households are single parents. On flats, Savasse sits lower than nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 17%.
Throughout this page, the Drôme 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 Savasse
Growing fast
Savasse had 1,344 residents at the 2012 census and 1,631 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +21% change since 2012: faster than 92% 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 Drôme town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +7% and the next six +13%.
Savasse is older than 60% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Savasse 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in five.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Only 29% of households are one person living alone in Savasse
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 Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.3 people. Higher than in just over two thirds of compared French towns: 28% of households are couples with children. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households in social housing than 69% of compared French towns: 8.3%
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
At 7.6%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing: 12% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. For Savasse, the census puts second homes at 3.4%.
Median living standard: €28,040 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €28,040 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 36% in Savasse, more than in 71% 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 manual worker: 16%, above 63% of compared French towns. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 9.1% in Savasse. The usual figure: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Savasse ranks below 75% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.7%
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.
Foreign nationals: 2.1% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 19% of residents 15 and over are single
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 Savasse, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 74% of compared French towns: 38%
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
Adults with no qualification: 15% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,631 to 2,582 people, the 21st 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Savasse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savasse | 45.5 | 22% | 3.4% | 3.7% |
| Montélimar 40,595 · 3.5 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron 2,592 · 3.7 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 3.7% | 5.2% |
| Cruas 2,898 · 3.9 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 4.8% | 6.1% |
| Le Teil 8,726 · 5.9 mi | 43 | 22% | 2.9% | 13% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône 2,917 · 7.7 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.4% |
| Chomérac 3,183 · 9.1 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 5.1% | 3.9% |
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 Savasse
What is the population of Savasse?
1,631 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (1,344).
How old are Savasse’s residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Savasse?
27, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Savasse?
INSEE counts 61 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 34 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Savasse?
€28,040 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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