Half of Sabran is over 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Sabran comes in at 4.1%. Single-parent households make up about one in 30 here (3.3%). 4.3% of homes are flats, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 1,591 residents in 760 households.
Throughout this page, the Gard 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 Sabran
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sabran, 15% of its 990 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sabran had 1,807 residents at the 2012 census and 1,591 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Sabran’s residents are under 53.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Sabran ranks above 91% of compared French towns on second homes: 15%
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
Just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 27% have been in their home 30 years or more. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Meanwhile, in the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Sabran, 8.5%.
From 2012 to 2023, 98% of compared French towns grew faster than Sabran: −12%
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gard town +7%.
In Sabran, 7.5% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 95% 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
■ Sabran 53.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents are 65 or over in Sabran. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Only 32% of households are one person living alone in Sabran
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 Gard median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children: 24% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €27,130 a year in 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,130 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
In Sabran, 11% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 73% 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 the census count, 8.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Few places have so few households headed by a retired person: 32% here, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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).
Only 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Sabran
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.
4.7% of residents are immigrants, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 66% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 97% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
Here 52% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 35%, a higher share than 66% 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
In Sabran, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,591 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
Sabran 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabran | 53.2 | 25% | 15% | 4.7% |
| Bagnols-sur-Cèze 18,112 · 2.6 mi | 45.8 | 26% | 2.5% | 14% |
| Laudun-l'Ardoise 6,835 · 6.3 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
| Pont-Saint-Esprit 10,958 · 7.6 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 2.6% | 11% |
| Mornas 2,569 · 9.2 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 4.1% | 5% |
| Mondragon 3,833 · 9.4 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 3.8% | 7.2% |
| Piolenc 5,718 · 10 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 3.9% | 4.9% |
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 Sabran
What is the population of Sabran?
1,591 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (1,807).
How old are Sabran’s residents?
The median age is 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sabran?
140, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sabran?
INSEE counts 75 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 39 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sabran?
€27,130 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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