A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 1.6%
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM); in Sauteyrargues, 0.5%. The share of second homes stands at 8.9%. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 17% here, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns. 441 residents in 190 households: that is Sauteyrargues at the 2023 Census.
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.
Sauteyrargues grew +16% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 84% 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 +8% from 2012 to 2017 and +8% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Hérault town +13%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 80% of compared French towns, at 9.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sauteyrargues 42.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Sauteyrargues is 42.9, lower than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 27%, a lower share than 89% 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
25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 30% in Sauteyrargues. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 11%, more than in 62% of compared French towns. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.4 people.
A lower share of flats than 84% of compared French towns, at 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
Some 5.9% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 14% who have been there 30 years or more. On the census count, 4.2% of homes stand empty.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,460 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 Sauteyrargues’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,460 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 5.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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: 16%, above 64% of compared French towns. On the census count, 38% of households are headed by a retired person. The usual figure: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 2.7%, a lower share than 69% 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 55% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals. Put another way, about one in 17: 5.9% 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.
39% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 72% 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 share of single residents trails two thirds of compared French towns: 23%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Sauteyrargues, 43% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 84% 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification here. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 441 to 2,582 people, the 11th youngest
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 Sauteyrargues, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sauteyrargues | 42.9 | 17% | 8.9% | 5.9% |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers 4,979 · 5.5 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 3.6% | 7% |
| Quissac 3,528 · 6.5 mi | 48.6 | 26% | 5.6% | 7.6% |
| Saint-Drézéry 3,006 · 7.7 mi | 40.9 | 17% | 1.5% | 3.8% |
| Sommières 5,073 · 9 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 4.8% | 9.7% |
| Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort 3,737 · 9.4 mi | 51.1 | 29% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Sussargues 2,840 · 9.5 mi | 46.7 | 23% | 3.8% | 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 Sauteyrargues
What is the population of Sauteyrargues?
441 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (380).
How old are Sauteyrargues’ residents?
The median age is 42.9, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sauteyrargues?
19, with occasional dwellings: 8.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sauteyrargues?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sauteyrargues?
€28,460 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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