Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1%
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 36%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Saurier is home to 245 residents in 120 households, by the 2023 Census. Here, 31% of households are couples with children. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 92% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Puy-de-Dôme 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 Saurier
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 55 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saurier, 27% of its 200 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 34 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 27% of its homes
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
Here 17% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. By contrast, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Across Saurier, 7.2% of households have no car.
Since 2012, Saurier has changed by +3%, slower than 59% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Puy-de-Dôme town, the change came in two steps: +13% from 2012 to 2017, then −9% to 2023.
Older than 65% of compared French towns: half of Saurier is over 46.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saurier 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
23% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in four.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 60% of compared French towns: 38%
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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.1 people.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,410 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 residents live in households above €23,410 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 74% of compared French towns: 28%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person 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 0% of Saurier’s residents
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 32%, a lower share than 96% 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
On the census count, just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 15% in Saurier, less than in 97% 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
With adults with no qualification at 26%, Saurier is ahead of 83% of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 245 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Saurier is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saurier | 46.3 | 23% | 27% | 0% |
| Aydat 2,574 · 9.1 mi | 42.1 | 17% | 22% | 1.7% |
| Issoire 15,115 · 9.7 mi | 45.9 | 26% | 2% | 4.5% |
| Veyre-Monton 3,721 · 11.1 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2% | 3.3% |
| Vic-le-Comte 5,396 · 11.7 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 2.5% | 4% |
| La Roche-Blanche 3,311 · 12.3 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| Les Martres-de-Veyre 3,826 · 12.4 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
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 Saurier
What is the population of Saurier?
245 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (239).
How old are Saurier’s residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saurier?
55, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saurier?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saurier?
€23,410 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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