24% of homes are second homes, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 229 residents in Salazac, living in 110 households. The census found that 5.3% of homes are flats locally. Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 4.4% of households have no car here.
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 Salazac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 41 second homes and occasional dwellings in Salazac, 24% of its 170 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Salazac had 185 residents at the 2012 census and 229 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Salazac ranks above 75% of compared French towns on empty homes: 9.4%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 16%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 11%. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
+24% since 2012, a pace 93% of compared French towns didn’t match
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%. The first five years brought −1%; the six to 2023, +24%.
6.6% of residents are 15 to 24, below 98% 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
■ Salazac 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Salazac. The median age in the town is 45.2, higher than in 58% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 75% of compared French towns: 42%
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
On average, 2 people share a household. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 29% of households are couples with children, more than in 71% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,000 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 median standard of living in Salazac is €25,000 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
21% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 89% 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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 21% of households are headed by a manual worker in Salazac. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Salazac (33%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.7% of Salazac’s residents are immigrants
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.
Put another way, about one in 18: 5.7% of residents are immigrants. That is lower than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%. Nothing unusual on foreign nationals: 3.9%, close to the figure 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 95% of compared French towns: 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
Married residents: 43% of the total. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 55% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Few places have so few adults with no qualification: 19% here, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 229 to 2,582 people, the 20th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Salazac are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salazac | 45.2 | 21% | 24% | 5.7% |
| Pont-Saint-Esprit 10,958 · 5.5 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 2.6% | 11% |
| Bagnols-sur-Cèze 18,112 · 8.3 mi | 45.8 | 26% | 2.5% | 14% |
| Lapalud 3,853 · 8.5 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| Bourg-Saint-Andéol 7,661 · 9.5 mi | 44.2 | 25% | 3.9% | 14% |
| Mondragon 3,833 · 9.5 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 3.8% | 7.2% |
| Bollène 14,024 · 11.1 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.6% | 14% |
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 Salazac
What is the population of Salazac?
229 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (185).
How old are Salazac’s residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Salazac?
41, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Salazac?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Salazac?
€25,000 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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