22% of households are headed by a retired person, below 91% of compared French towns
5.3% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Saussines had 1,001 residents in 450 households at the 2023 census. Flats account for 10%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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.
Faster growth than 56% of compared French towns: Saussines changed by +6% 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 median Hérault town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +10% and the next six −3%.
In Saussines, 8.2% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saussines 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 20%, Saussines is behind 66% of compared French towns on that count. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The median age locally is 47.2, higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 71% of compared French towns, at 29%
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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 31% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 74% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Saussines, 11%.
Second homes: 7.3%, a higher share than 83% of compared French towns
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 11% (under two years). Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Saussines has fewer empty homes than four fifths of compared French towns, at 4.6%.
A median of €27,680 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €27,680 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 91% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Few places have so few households headed by a manual worker: 13% here, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 67% 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.
Foreign nationals: 3.8% of the total. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 85% 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
48% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Saussines sits below 88% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (12%)
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
Nearly two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,001 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Saussines, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saussines | 47.2 | 20% | 7.3% | 4.6% |
| Sommières 5,073 · 2.1 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 4.8% | 9.7% |
| Restinclières 2,612 · 2.8 mi | 38 | 13% | 2.4% | 3.9% |
| Sussargues 2,840 · 4.3 mi | 46.7 | 23% | 3.8% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Drézéry 3,006 · 4.4 mi | 40.9 | 17% | 1.5% | 3.8% |
| Aubais 2,925 · 4.8 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 8.9% | 3.1% |
| Lunel-Viel 4,507 · 6.1 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 1.3% | 6.7% |
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 Saussines
What is the population of Saussines?
1,001 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (943).
How old are Saussines’ residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 70% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saussines?
37, with occasional dwellings: 7.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saussines?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saussines?
€27,680 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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