Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 4.5% in Salasc, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Salasc has 11%. Fewer flats than in 97% of compared French towns: 3.7%. There were 170 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 357 residents. Across Salasc, two in five households are headed by a retired person.
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.
What stands out about the people of Salasc
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 45 second homes and occasional dwellings in Salasc, 19% of its 240 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Salasc had 305 residents at the 2012 census and 357 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
19% of homes in Salasc are second homes
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
7% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 13% of households moved in; at the other end, 8.2% have stayed 30 years or more.
Since 2012, Salasc has grown +17%, faster than 86% 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 −1% from 2012 to 2017 and +19% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Hérault town +13%.
Older than 83% of compared French towns: half of Salasc is over 50.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Salasc 50.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 27%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 73% of compared French towns: 8.6% of households are single parents
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
The figure for couples with children is 23% in Salasc and 25% in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.1 people. Just over a third of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 54% of compared French towns. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%.
A median standard of living of €22,580 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 €22,580 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (40%)
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Locally, 8.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Salasc: 7.6% of residents are foreign nationals, above 72% 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 census found that 7.3% of residents are immigrants in Salasc. That is higher than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Fewer single residents than 97% of compared French towns: 19%
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
48% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Salasc, 9.5% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 96% 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, Salasc has 42%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 357 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Salasc
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 Salasc
What is the population of Salasc?
357 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (305).
How old are Salasc’s residents?
The median age is 50.1, older than 83% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Salasc?
45, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Salasc?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.3% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (7.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Salasc?
€22,580 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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