Households headed by a manager or professional: 2.2%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The median age in Sevrey is 48.5, higher than in 76% of compared French towns. Locally, 26% of households rent social housing (HLM). The town had 1,201 residents in 450 households at the 2023 census. In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Sevrey has 5.2%.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire 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 Sevrey
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sevrey had 1,394 residents at the 2012 census and 1,201 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Sevrey has changed by −14%, slower than 99% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −12%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Saône-et-Loire town −3%.
Sevrey sits below 82% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8.9%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sevrey 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Sevrey (21%). In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 61% of compared French towns: 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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.1 people on average. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 34% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%.
Below 59% of compared French towns: 25% of homes are flats
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
Turnover: 11% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 22% have lived in their home 30 years or more. On second homes, Sevrey sits lower than 65% of compared French towns: 1.4%. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,780 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 Sevrey’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,780 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 13% in Sevrey, less than in 54% 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%). To put it in context, 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).
Below 73% of compared French towns: 4% 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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 2.2% in Sevrey and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
39% of residents 15 and over are single, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Sevrey comes in at 35%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Sevrey: 24% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 72% 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Sevrey has 25%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,201 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Sevrey and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sevrey | 48.5 | 21% | 1.4% | 4% |
| Saint-Rémy 6,410 · 2 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 1.1% | 6.5% |
| Saint-Marcel 6,211 · 3.7 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.2% |
| Chalon-sur-Saône 45,102 · 3.7 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 4% | 14% |
| Châtenoy-le-Royal 6,267 · 4.1 mi | 45.8 | 27% | 0.9% | 9% |
| Ouroux-sur-Saône 3,214 · 5.4 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Givry 3,598 · 5.4 mi | 51.2 | 28% | 4.1% | 2.4% |
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 Sevrey
What is the population of Sevrey?
1,201 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (1,394).
How old are Sevrey’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 76% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sevrey?
7, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sevrey?
INSEE counts 48 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sevrey?
€25,780 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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