Saturargues sits above 96% of compared French towns for couples with children (37%)
In Saturargues, 2.7% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. 16% of residents are 65 or over, a lower share than in 86% of compared French towns. This Hérault town counted 1,022 residents and 420 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 18: 5.5% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Saturargues
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 5.8% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 77% of compared French towns: Saturargues changed by +13% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +13% for the median Hérault town, the change came in two steps: +7% from 2012 to 2017, then +5% to 2023.
Saturargues ranks below 89% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saturargues 40.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 40.7, Saturargues is younger than three quarters of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 22% in Saturargues, less than in 98% 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
Households here average 2.4 people each. On single-parent households, Saturargues sits lower than 97% of compared French towns: 5.8%. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
Saturargues ranks below 84% of compared French towns on flats: 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
Long tenure is the mark of 16% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.5% (under two years). Few places have so few empty homes: 4.2% here, fewer than in 85% of compared French towns. Still, the share of second homes is 3.7%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,420 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,420 a year: higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
Saturargues ranks below 76% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 27%
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 make up 14%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. On average, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Across Saturargues, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2% of residents are foreign nationals, below 78% 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 Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 70% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals. Immigrants make up about one in 23 here (4.4%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 91% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
In couples, 45% are married and 11% in a PACS (median compared French town: 43% and 6.1%); 3.2% are widowed. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 80% of compared French towns: 40%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Saturargues has 16%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th youngest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Saturargues and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturargues | 40.7 | 16% | 3.7% | 4.4% |
| Aubais 2,925 · 2.8 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 8.9% | 3.1% |
| Gallargues-le-Montueux 3,659 · 3 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 16% | 4.1% |
| Lunel 26,623 · 3.3 mi | 44.5 | 23% | 1.2% | 16% |
| Lunel-Viel 4,507 · 3.4 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 1.3% | 6.7% |
| Aigues-Vives 3,331 · 3.4 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 5.5% | 4% |
| Restinclières 2,612 · 3.7 mi | 38 | 13% | 2.4% | 3.9% |
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 Saturargues
What is the population of Saturargues?
1,022 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (906).
How old are Saturargues’ residents?
The median age is 40.7, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saturargues?
17, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saturargues?
INSEE counts 45 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saturargues?
€27,420 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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