0.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
One-person households make up 30%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 2,096 residents and 930 households in Saze. In Saze, 14% of homes are flats. Few places have so few households without a car: 4.1% here, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns.
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.
Saze’s population changed by +9% since 2012, more than in 67% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +7% in Gard. Here the change came as +6% to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
Saze sits below 85% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.8%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saze 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.8, Saze is older than 55% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Roughly two in ten: 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are couples with children, more than in 72% 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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Fewer single-parent households than in 56% of compared French towns: 9.6%. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of second homes than 75% of compared French towns: 4.7%
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
Some nearly one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 21% who have been there 30 years or more. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Locally, 6.3% of homes stand empty.
The median resident lives on €27,920 a year per consumption unit
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 €27,920 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 69% of compared French towns: 11%
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 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Saze. Elsewhere, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Saze (30%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals in Saze
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%; Saze has 4.9%. The median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 64% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% 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.
Saze ranks above 70% of compared French towns on married residents: 46%
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
By its share of single residents (23%), Saze is below 69% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 14%, a lower share than 80% 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 Saze, 38% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,096 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Saze is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saze | 44.8 | 21% | 4.7% | 4.9% |
| Rochefort-du-Gard 8,117 · 1.6 mi | 45.3 | 20% | 2.3% | 5.1% |
| Aramon 4,081 · 3.5 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.5% | 7.7% |
| Les Angles 8,908 · 4 mi | 52.4 | 33% | 2.7% | 6.7% |
| Barbentane 4,266 · 4.6 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 4.5% | 4.4% |
| Villeneuve-lès-Avignon 13,148 · 5 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 5.3% | 6% |
| Pujaut 3,982 · 6 mi | 49.7 | 25% | 3.6% | 4.5% |
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 Saze
What is the population of Saze?
2,096 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,919).
How old are Saze’s residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saze?
49, with occasional dwellings: 4.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saze?
INSEE counts 100 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 45 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saze?
€27,920 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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