Half of Sabazan is over 52.6, older than 90% of compared French towns
Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. About one in nine: that is how common empty homes are in Sabazan (11%). In 2023, the Census found 126 residents in the town, living in 66 households. Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Sabazan comes in at 38%.
Throughout this page, the Gers 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 Sabazan
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sabazan, 13% of its 87 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 91% 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 Sabazan’s residents are under 52.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
13% of homes are second homes, a share 90% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Flats make up about one in 14 here (6.9%).
Sabazan’s population moved −3% on 2012, less than in 81% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Gers town ±0%.
Sabazan: 31% of residents are 65 or over, above 87% 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
■ Sabazan 52.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Put another way, about one in nine: just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
15% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 90% 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 Gers median and the France median
Living alone · share
With single-parent households at 7.7%, Sabazan is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 31% of households are one person living alone, or about one in three.
A typical living standard of €24,730 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 €24,730 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 88% of compared French towns, at 7.7%
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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (15%), Sabazan is above 77% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 4.7% of residents are immigrants in Sabazan
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 nearly two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up about one in 21 here (4.7%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Sabazan ranks below 93% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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: 40%, below 69% of compared French towns. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 13%, a lower share than 84% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Sabazan. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
No nearby town is as young as Sabazan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabazan | 52.6 | 31% | 13% | 4.7% |
| Eauze 4,108 · 10.8 mi | 54.2 | 33% | 8.4% | 20% |
| Vic-Fezensac 3,577 · 13 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.6% | 6.1% |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour 6,211 · 15.7 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 4% | 6.7% |
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 Sabazan
What is the population of Sabazan?
126 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (130).
How old are Sabazan’s residents?
The median age is 52.6, older than 90% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sabazan?
11, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sabazan?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (4.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sabazan?
€24,730 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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