Only 5.8% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Saint-André-de-Sangonis
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Saint-André-de-Sangonis has 31%. 6,427 residents in 2,670 households: that is Saint-André-de-Sangonis at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 18% of homes are flats. The median age in the town is 41.1, lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Hérault 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.
+15% since 2012, a pace 82% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +6%; 2017 to 2023, +8%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Hérault town +13%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 70% of compared French towns, at 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-André-de-Sangonis 41.1. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Saint-André-de-Sangonis, 29% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 82% 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 Hérault median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are single parents in Saint-André-de-Sangonis. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.4 people.
A larger share of empty homes than 70% of compared French towns: 8.6%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 14% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 15%. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Few places have so few households without a car: 9.3% here, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns. One household in 11 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Half above, half below €24,120 a year in standard of living
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 €24,120 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 70% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 17.0% of residents.
The largest group of households: retired (32%)
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
For Saint-André-de-Sangonis, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 14%. Lower than in 55% of compared French towns: 32% of households are headed by a retired person. One in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.1% of Saint-André-de-Sangonis’ residents are immigrants
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.
3.6% of residents are foreign nationals. That is lower than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 63% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Locally, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
20% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 56% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, or about one in three. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 6,361 to 6,497
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
La Tronche is the youngest (34.9); Arès the oldest (57.5).
Saint-André-de-Sangonis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis | 41.1 | 19% | 2.2% | 6.1% |
| Gignac 6,651 · 2.4 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 3.1% | 8.4% |
| Canet 3,619 · 3 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 3.2% | 4% |
| Clermont-l'Hérault 9,461 · 4 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 3.9% | 8.3% |
| Aniane 2,979 · 4.8 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 4.9% | 4.9% |
| Paulhan 4,039 · 7.7 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 4% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Pargoire 2,501 · 8.4 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 6.3% | 2.8% |
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 Saint-André-de-Sangonis
What is the population of Saint-André-de-Sangonis?
6,427 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (5,586).
How old are Saint-André-de-Sangonis’ residents?
The median age is 41.1, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-André-de-Sangonis?
65, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-André-de-Sangonis?
INSEE counts 390 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 230 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-André-de-Sangonis?
€24,120 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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