A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.2%
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Sauviac comes in at 3.8%. Across Sauviac, 3.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 91% of compared French towns. This Gironde town counted 333 residents and 160 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Sauviac
An older town
Half of Sauviac’s residents are under 51.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 53% of compared French towns: Sauviac changed by +4% since 2012
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 first five years brought +2%; the six to 2023, +2%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gironde town +16%.
Sauviac is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sauviac 51.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Sauviac, 26%. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 66% of compared French towns: 9.9%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 95% of compared French towns, at 6.2%
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
In Sauviac, 22% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.1 people share a household.
Sauviac sits above 79% of compared French towns for second homes (5.5%)
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
8.8% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,640 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 Sauviac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,640 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Sauviac: 41% of households are headed by a retired person, above 85% 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 manual worker make up 19%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 94% 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 (0.3%), Sauviac is below 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
44% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 61% 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
24% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 80% of compared French towns, at 22%
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: 15% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Ranked by age, 10th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Sauviac, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sauviac | 51.7 | 26% | 5.5% | 1.8% |
| Bazas 4,854 · 2.8 mi | 52 | 31% | 3.8% | 4.7% |
| Langon 7,674 · 10.6 mi | 46.4 | 28% | 1.8% | 9.6% |
| Toulenne 2,881 · 11.5 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| La Réole 4,487 · 14.7 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 1.9% | 12% |
| Casteljaloux 4,755 · 14.8 mi | 57 | 39% | 8.5% | 5.3% |
| Sainte-Bazeille 3,171 · 16.9 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 1.4% | 6.4% |
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 Sauviac
What is the population of Sauviac?
333 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (320).
How old are Sauviac’s residents?
The median age is 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sauviac?
10, with occasional dwellings: 5.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sauviac?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sauviac?
€24,640 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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