Saillagouse sits above 98% of compared French towns for second homes (58%)
Empty homes: 0.9%, below 99% of compared French towns. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 17% here, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns. Saillagouse had 1,155 residents in 540 households at the 2023 census. Census figures put households in social housing at 6.4% here.
Throughout this page, the Pyrénées-Orientales 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 Saillagouse
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 760 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saillagouse, 58% of its 1,310 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 56% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
41% of homes are flats, a share 65% 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
Of all households, 20% moved in during the last two years and 13% have stayed three decades or more. The share of flats in the typical compared French town is 30%. Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 9.1% of households have no car in Saillagouse.
Saillagouse grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 69% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Pyrénées-Orientales town +10%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +4%; from 2017 to 2023, +6%.
Saillagouse sits below 88% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.5%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saillagouse 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Saillagouse is 45.3, higher than in 59% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 7.4%, a lower share than 86% of compared French towns
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 Pyrénées-Orientales median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Saillagouse, 42%. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.1 people on average.
A median of €24,490 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €24,490 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 28% in Saillagouse, less than in 74% 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
Here 7.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. As a reference point, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. For Saillagouse, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 10%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Saillagouse, 13% of residents are immigrants, more than in 81% 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.
The median compared commune in Pyrénées-Orientales has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 81% of compared French towns. For Saillagouse, the census puts foreign nationals at 11%. As a reference point, 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.
Saillagouse ranks below 78% of compared French towns on married residents: 38%
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
With single residents at 28%, Saillagouse is ahead of 71% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 12% in Saillagouse, less than in 88% 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 34% in Saillagouse and 30% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,155 to 2,582 people), the 21st 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.
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 Saillagouse
What is the population of Saillagouse?
1,155 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (1,052).
How old are Saillagouse’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 59% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saillagouse?
760, with occasional dwellings: 58% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saillagouse?
INSEE counts 150 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saillagouse?
€24,490 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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