Salaunes sits above 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (47%)
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Salaunes has 2.8%. This Gironde town counted 1,260 residents and 470 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 13% of residents are 65 or over locally. 20% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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 Salaunes
A town of families
47% of households are couples with children and 6.5% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Salaunes had 837 residents at the 2012 census and 1,260 in 2023, up 51%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Salaunes has grown +51%, faster than 99% 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 change was +27% from 2012 to 2017 and +18% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Gironde town +16%.
A median age of 39.7: Salaunes is younger than 81% 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
■ Salaunes 39.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.3%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
17% of households are one person living alone, below 99% 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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.7 people on average. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Lower than in 93% of compared French towns: 6.5% of households are single parents.
1.6% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 10%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 18%. Few places have so few empty homes: 3.7% here, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns. Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 1% of homes are second homes in Salaunes.
A median of €29,980 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.
Half of residents live in households above €29,980 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
9.7% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 79% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 14% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3% of residents are immigrants, below 82% 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.
The median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 82% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The share of foreign nationals stands at 1.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 18%, a lower share than 98% 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
With married residents at 48%, Salaunes is ahead of 81% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 12%, a lower share than 90% 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Salaunes has 39%. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,260 to 2,582 people, the 2nd 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).
No nearby town is as young as Salaunes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salaunes | 39.7 | 13% | 1% | 3% |
| Sainte-Hélène 3,091 · 3.2 mi | 42.3 | 15% | 1.1% | 3.8% |
| Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc 7,769 · 5.2 mi | 45.1 | 19% | 0.8% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Médard-en-Jalles 32,910 · 6.3 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 1.1% | 4.4% |
| Castelnau-de-Médoc 4,907 · 6.6 mi | 40.6 | 19% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Martignas-sur-Jalle 8,056 · 6.8 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1% | 3.1% |
| Avensan 3,140 · 7.7 mi | 40.3 | 16% | 0.9% | 3.5% |
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 Salaunes
What is the population of Salaunes?
1,260 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 51% more than in 2012 (837).
How old are Salaunes’ residents?
The median age is 39.7, younger than 81% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Salaunes?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Salaunes?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Salaunes?
€29,980 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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