3.9% of homes are flats, below 97% of compared French towns
27% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. La Saussaye had 1,941 residents in 830 households at the 2023 census. Households headed by a retired person account for 38%. At 5.5%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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 La Saussaye
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 4.2% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+3% since 2012, a pace below 56% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Eure town −1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, +4%.
Half of La Saussaye is over 46.4, older than 66% 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
■ La Saussaye 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in La Saussaye comes in at 9.3%. The census found that 23% of residents are 65 or over in the town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
4.2% 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 Eure median and the France median
Living alone · share
33% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). Measured more widely, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
A lower share of households without a car than 93% of compared French towns, at 4.2%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.3% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 28%. Few places have so few empty homes: 4.8% here, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. Little separates the share of second homes here, 2.1%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
€29,510 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Living standards centre on €29,510 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
12% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 64% 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
On households headed by a manager or professional, La Saussaye sits higher than just over half of compared French towns: 9.5%. 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 lower share of immigrants than 92% of compared French towns, at 2%
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 0.6%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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.
Single residents: 18%, a lower share than 97% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, La Saussaye has 52%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 78% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 38% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 18th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,941 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).
La Saussaye is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Saussaye | 46.4 | 23% | 2.1% | 2% |
| Le Thuit de l'Oison 3,827 · 2 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 1% | 2.3% |
| Elbeuf 15,474 · 2.3 mi | 37.1 | 17% | 1.3% | 14% |
| Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf 10,476 · 2.5 mi | 40.7 | 20% | 1% | 8% |
| Saint-Pierre-lès-Elbeuf 8,306 · 3.1 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 0.7% | 4.9% |
| Bosroumois 3,872 · 3.5 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.4% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf 8,443 · 3.6 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 1.2% | 7.2% |
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 La Saussaye
What is the population of La Saussaye?
1,941 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,876).
How old are La Saussaye’s residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 66% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Saussaye?
19, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Saussaye?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Saussaye?
€29,510 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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