In Sauzet, 1.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
With couples with children at 32%, Sauzet is ahead of 85% of compared French towns on that count. The town is home to 853 residents in 360 households, by the 2023 Census. The census found that 7.1% of homes are flats locally. Fewer households without a car than in 81% of compared French towns: 5.9%.
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 Sauzet
Growing fast
Sauzet had 703 residents at the 2012 census and 853 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: Sauzet grew 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
In two steps, +6% to 2017 and +14% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +7% in Gard.
Half of Sauzet is under 41.4, younger than 69% 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
■ Sauzet 41.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Sauzet. For Sauzet, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.3%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are one person living alone, below 93% 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 Gard median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households make up 11%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
Second homes: 4.3%, a higher share than 73% 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
Of all households, 13% moved in during the last two years and 18% have stayed three decades or more. Empty homes are rarer here than in 63% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. One household in 17 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Half above, half below €25,790 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.
Living standards centre on €25,790 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 7% in Sauzet, less than in 68% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Sauzet has 30%. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. For Sauzet, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 13%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Sauzet sits below 64% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (3%)
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 6.1% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Sauzet, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 82% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 47% of residents 15 and over are married in Sauzet. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 64% 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
On the census count, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 853 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Sauzet, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sauzet | 41.4 | 19% | 4.3% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès 3,225 · 1.3 mi | 41.2 | 18% | 2.5% | 9.1% |
| La Calmette 2,604 · 3.9 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 2.9% | 8.7% |
| Clarensac 4,386 · 9.6 mi | 45.2 | 21% | 2.5% | 5.3% |
| Caveirac 4,408 · 9.9 mi | 51.8 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.9% |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas 4,670 · 10.1 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 2% | 4.7% |
| Saint-Christol-lez-Alès 7,310 · 10.1 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
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 Sauzet
What is the population of Sauzet?
853 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (703).
How old are Sauzet’s residents?
The median age is 41.4, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sauzet?
17, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sauzet?
INSEE counts 52 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sauzet?
€25,790 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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