6.5% of homes are flats, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns
The share of single-parent households tops 97% of compared French towns: 16%. The 2023 Census counted 363 residents in 160 households. The census found that 5.7% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Sarrey. On households without a car, Sarrey sits lower than 78% of compared French towns: 6.3%.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Marne 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 Sarrey
Empty homes
The census found 22 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−4% since 2012, a pace below 85% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haute-Marne town −9%.
Sarrey sits below 84% 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
■ Sarrey 45.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Sarrey has 20%. Meanwhile, half of the town’s residents are over 45.1, older than in 57% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 28% of households are one person living alone in Sarrey
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 Haute-Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
With couples with children at 31%, Sarrey is ahead of 81% of compared French towns on that count. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
Sarrey sits above 88% of compared French towns for empty homes (12%)
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
At 2.7%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €24,940 a year to live on
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.
At €24,940 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
22% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 89% 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
6.2% of Sarrey’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 34% by a retired person (32%). For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 74% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.4% of residents are immigrants, below 97% 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 share of foreign nationals trails 99% of compared French towns: 0.3%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% 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.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 86% 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
The figure for married residents is 46% in Sarrey and 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
More adults with no qualification than 90% of compared French towns: 30%
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
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 20th youngest of 41 French towns of 363 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Sarrey is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Sarrey
What is the population of Sarrey?
363 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (378).
How old are Sarrey’s residents?
The median age is 45.1, older than 57% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sarrey?
5, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sarrey?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% 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 Sarrey?
€24,940 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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