A median age of 54: Sap-en-Auge is older than 93% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Sap-en-Auge comes in at 6.4%. At the 2023 Census, 926 people lived here, in 390 households. 2.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 37. Couples with children are rarer here than in 71% of compared French towns.
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 Sap-en-Auge
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 66 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sap-en-Auge, 12% of its 550 homes: higher than in 89% 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
Sap-en-Auge had 1,016 residents at the 2012 census and 926 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Sap-en-Auge’s residents are under 54 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 100 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
18% of homes stand empty, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The share of second homes is 12%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households without a car come to 11% in Sap-en-Auge, about one in ten.
Sap-en-Auge’s population moved −9% on 2012, less than in 96% 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 median Orne town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −5% and the next six −4%.
Sap-en-Auge: 35% of residents are 65 or over, above 93% 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
■ Sap-en-Auge 54. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of single-parent households than 83% of compared French towns, at 7.7%
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
Households average 2 people. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. One-person households are more common here than in 68% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €22,060 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 midpoint of living standards here is €22,060 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
52% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (17%), Sap-en-Auge is above 67% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 94% 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.
Here 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Set beside that, 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.
A lower share of married residents than 88% of compared French towns, at 36%
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 make up 28%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 96% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Adults with no qualification: 35%, above 98% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (926 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Sap-en-Auge
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sap-en-Auge | 54 | 35% | 12% | 1.8% |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 6.4 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 2,938 · 8.3 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 17% | 3% |
| Livarot-Pays-d'Auge 6,207 · 10 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 16% | 2.2% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 13.2 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| L'Aigle 7,663 · 16.1 mi | 47.4 | 28% | 2.7% | 11% |
| Mesnil-en-Ouche 4,414 · 16.7 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 19% | 2.3% |
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 Sap-en-Auge
What is the population of Sap-en-Auge?
926 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (1,016).
How old are Sap-en-Auge’s residents?
The median age is 54, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sap-en-Auge?
66, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sap-en-Auge?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sap-en-Auge?
€22,060 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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