Below 99% of compared French towns: 21% of households are one person living alone
Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Saint-Savin has 3.4%. The town is home to 4,323 residents in 1,750 households, by the 2023 Census. Here, 9.2% of homes are flats. On households in social housing, Saint-Savin sits lower than 85% of compared French towns: 5.3%.
Throughout this page, the Isère 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 Saint-Savin
Growing fast
Saint-Savin had 3,697 residents at the 2012 census and 4,323 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Saint-Savin outgrew 85% of compared French towns: +17%
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 +7% for the median Isère town, the change came in two steps: +10% from 2012 to 2017, then +6% to 2023.
Saint-Savin ranks below 76% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Savin 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (10%), Saint-Savin is below 60% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age locally is 43.8, lower than in just over half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 86% of compared French towns: 33%
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 Isère median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.5 people. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. For Saint-Savin, the census puts single-parent households at 9.2%.
A smaller share of empty homes than 77% of compared French towns: 4.8%
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
Little separates the share of second homes here, 1.3%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 7.3%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 22%.
Median living standard: €29,730 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 €29,730 a year: higher than in 83% of compared French towns. 6.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Saint-Savin sits above 63% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (12%)
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Saint-Savin comes in at 16%. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 33% locally. Measured more widely, 9.4% of 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).
Below 75% of compared French towns: 3.7% of 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.
The median compared commune in Isère has 8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 75% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. Across Saint-Savin, 2% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 93% 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
Single residents: 20% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Savin sits below 74% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (15%)
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
Just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (4,286 to 4,361 people), the 10th 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 33.7 in Tigery to 51.5 in Buzançais.
Saint-Savin sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Savin | 43.8 | 18% | 1.3% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Chef 3,921 · 2.5 mi | 43.3 | 19% | 2.1% | 4.1% |
| Ruy-Montceau 4,805 · 2.8 mi | 47.1 | 22% | 1.1% | 5.1% |
| Bourgoin-Jallieu 30,151 · 3 mi | 37.9 | 18% | 1.9% | 17% |
| Nivolas-Vermelle 2,706 · 4.4 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 2.1% | 6.3% |
| L'Isle-d'Abeau 17,515 · 4.6 mi | 33.3 | 8.9% | 0.6% | 12% |
| Cessieu 3,259 · 5 mi | 40.2 | 16% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
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-Savin
What is the population of Saint-Savin?
4,323 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (3,697).
How old are Saint-Savin’s residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Savin?
23, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Savin?
INSEE counts 160 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 88 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Savin?
€29,730 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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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