Saultain is younger than 78% of compared French towns: a median age of 40.2
Here 15% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. The 2023 Census counted 2,499 residents in 1,100 households. On the census count, 0.3% of homes are second homes. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in just over three quarters of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Nord 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 Saultain
Growing fast
Saultain had 2,100 residents at the 2012 census and 2,499 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saultain’s population changed by +19% since 2012, more than in 89% 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 first five years brought +14%; the six to 2023, +4%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nord town ±0%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 82% of compared French towns: 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saultain 40.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%, Saultain is behind 61% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Saultain ranks above 78% of compared French towns on couples with children: 30%
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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.3 people. Fewer one-person households than in 72% of compared French towns: 31%. Against that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The census found that 10% of households are single parents in Saultain.
A smaller share of households without a car than 70% of compared French towns: 7.4%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 9.5% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 22%. Fewer empty homes than in 77% of compared French towns: 4.8%. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 15% in Saultain.
At the median, €26,820 a year to live on
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 €26,820 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 59% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 11.0%.
12% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 65% of compared French towns
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 retired person make up about one in three here (32%). The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.7% in Saultain, less than in 75% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.6%), Saultain is below 70% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Single residents: 23%, a lower share than 68% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Saultain has 44%. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 87% of compared French towns: 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 39% in Saultain. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
3rd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 2,499 to 2,582
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.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Saultain
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saultain | 40.2 | 17% | 0.3% | 3.7% |
| Marly 11,995 · 1.5 mi | 39.3 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.5% |
| Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes 7,080 · 2.4 mi | 35.9 | 19% | 0.8% | 7.9% |
| Saint-Saulve 10,947 · 2.4 mi | 44 | 23% | 0.7% | 6.3% |
| Valenciennes 43,468 · 3 mi | 36.4 | 17% | 3% | 11% |
| Onnaing 8,479 · 3.7 mi | 39.8 | 18% | 0.4% | 5.1% |
| Trith-Saint-Léger 6,019 · 3.8 mi | 40.6 | 20% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
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 Saultain
What is the population of Saultain?
2,499 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (2,100).
How old are Saultain’s residents?
The median age is 40.2, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saultain?
4, with occasional dwellings: 0.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saultain?
INSEE counts 93 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 65 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saultain?
€26,820 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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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