In Sablons sur Huisne, 4.2% of homes are flats, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Sablons sur Huisne comes in at 3.4%. About one in ten: that is how common empty homes are in Sablons sur Huisne (9.8%). The median age in the town is 46.7, higher than in 68% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 1,976 residents locally, living in 910 households.
Throughout this page, the Orne 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 Sablons sur Huisne
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 210 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sablons sur Huisne, 17% of its 1,240 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sablons sur Huisne had 2,217 residents at the 2012 census and 1,976 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Sablons sur Huisne sits above 92% of compared French towns for second homes (17%)
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
Car-free households: one in 10, where the median compared French town has 11%. In Sablons sur Huisne, 9.4% of households rent social housing (HLM). For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 98% of compared French towns: Sablons sur Huisne changed by −11% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Orne town −5%. The first five years brought −3%; the six to 2023, −8%.
Sablons sur Huisne ranks below 71% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sablons sur Huisne 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 63% of compared French towns: 24%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Sablons sur Huisne ranks below 63% of compared French towns on couples with children: 23%
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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.2 people. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The share of one-person households stands at 33%. Sablons sur Huisne has fewer single-parent households than 62% of compared French towns, at 9.3%.
Half above, half below €24,640 a year in standard of living
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.
The median standard of living in Sablons sur Huisne is €24,640 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Sablons sur Huisne: 24% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 94% 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
With households headed by a retired person at 36%, Sablons sur Huisne is ahead of 71% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 87% of compared French towns: 2.5% 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.
Foreign nationals: 1.4% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns. 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.
Sablons sur Huisne ranks below 82% of compared French towns on single residents: 22%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Sablons sur Huisne comes in at 46%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 90% of compared French towns: 19%
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 25%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,976 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Sablons sur Huisne is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sablons sur Huisne | 46.7 | 24% | 17% | 2.5% |
| Nogent-le-Rotrou 9,292 · 5 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 4.6% | 8.4% |
| La Loupe 3,191 · 9.4 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 5.2% | 7.6% |
| Val-au-Perche 3,336 · 10.8 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 11% | 3.5% |
| Longny les Villages 2,811 · 11.2 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 24% | 2.8% |
| Senonches 3,045 · 14.6 mi | 53.9 | 33% | 8.6% | 2.7% |
| Cherré-Au 2,758 · 16.7 mi | 50 | 28% | 2.7% | 2.2% |
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 Sablons sur Huisne
What is the population of Sablons sur Huisne?
1,976 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (2,217).
How old are Sablons sur Huisne’s residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 68% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sablons sur Huisne?
210, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sablons sur Huisne?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sablons sur Huisne?
€24,640 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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