Saumane sits above 96% of compared French towns for second homes (37%)
The share of households headed by a retired person tops 99% of compared French towns: 67%. 303 residents in 140 households: that is Saumane at the 2023 Census. Households in social housing account for 0.7%. More empty homes than in 83% of compared French towns: 11%.
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 Saumane
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saumane, 37% of its 270 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 81% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Saumane’s residents are under 53.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car make up 6.5% in Saumane, less than in 77% of compared French towns
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
Flats: 22% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Saumane grew +13% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 77% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +7% for the median Gard town, the change came in two steps: +3% from 2012 to 2017, then +10% to 2023.
A median age of 53.1: Saumane is older than 91% 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
■ Saumane 53.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 5.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in three: 31% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of couples with children than 80% of compared French towns: 19%
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
7.4% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). A household here holds 2 people on average. Few places have as many one-person households: 37% here, more than in 58% of compared French towns. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €19,680 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 €19,680 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 94% of compared French towns: 3.7%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Saumane has 3.7%. Across the comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.3% of residents are immigrants, below 71% of compared French towns
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (3%), Saumane is below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saumane ranks below 63% of compared French towns on married residents: 41%
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
Single residents: 27% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Saumane, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 60% 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
Adults with no qualification: 21%, above nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 303 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).
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Saumane
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saumane | 53.1 | 31% | 37% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Gard 2,586 · 6.1 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 14% | 5.6% |
| Anduze 3,391 · 11.6 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 15% | 8.1% |
| Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort 3,737 · 11.7 mi | 51.1 | 29% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Le Vigan 3,863 · 11.8 mi | 54.8 | 34% | 11% | 12% |
| Ganges 3,724 · 12.9 mi | 52.8 | 35% | 3.5% | 9.8% |
| Boisset-et-Gaujac 2,707 · 13.8 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 5.7% | 5% |
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 Saumane
What is the population of Saumane?
303 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (268).
How old are Saumane’s residents?
The median age is 53.1, older than 91% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saumane?
100, with occasional dwellings: 37% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saumane?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saumane?
€19,680 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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