43.8median age

Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

Saveuse ranks below 98% of compared French towns on flats: 3%

Couples with children make up 32%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 1,096 residents and 460 households in Saveuse. 3.7% of households have no car, or about one in 27.

+35%residents since 2012 25%aged 65 or older 2.8%immigrants 460households

Throughout this page, the Somme 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 · In brief

What stands out about the people of Saveuse

+35%residents since 2012 (France median +5%)

Growing fast

Saveuse had 810 residents at the 2012 census and 1,096 in 2023, up 35%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓

Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.

Population

Growth of +35% since 2012 puts Saveuse ahead of 98% 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.

Census 2012

810

residents

Census 2017

932

residents

Census 2023

1,096

residents

in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Saveuse+35%

Somme median−3%

France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Saveuse+18%

Somme median−3%

France median+2%

Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −3% in Somme. Here the change came as +15% to 2017, then +18% to 2023.

Ages

A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 68% of compared French towns, at 25%

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

SaveuseSomme medianFrance median

Under 1519%

15 to 249.4%

25 to 4424%

45 to 6423%

65 and over25%

of whom 80 and over6.8%

0%15%30%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Saveuse 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.

11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.4% in Saveuse. The median age here is 43.8, lower than in 52% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Saveuse

Somme median

France median

WomenMen

About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Households

Below 99% of compared French towns: 3.2% of households are single parents

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.

One person 27%Couple, no children 38%Couple with children 32%Single parent 3.2%Several people, not a family 0%

Against the Somme median and the France median

Saveuse

Somme median

France median

One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

SaveuseSomme medianFrance median

One-person households27%

Residents 65+ living alone23%

0%25%50%

The typical household size is 2.4 people. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. In Saveuse, 27% of households are one person living alone.

Homes & cars

A lower share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns, at 0.6%

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

SaveuseSomme medianFrance median

Main residences93%

Second homes0.6%

Empty6%

0%50%100%

Type of home

Saveuse

Somme median

France median

HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

SaveuseSomme medianFrance median

No car3.7%

One car38%

Two or more59%

0%35%70%

Long tenure is the mark of 32% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.3% (under two years). By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few empty homes: 6% here, fewer than in 59% of compared French towns.

Income

A median of €30,760 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.

Median standard of living

€30,760

a year, per consumption unit (2023)

Medians: Somme €22,835 · France €25,970

Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

Half of residents live in households above €30,760 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 88% of compared French towns.

Households by occupation

Saveuse sits below 95% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (5.4%)

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

SaveuseSomme medianFrance median

Retired39%

Managers and professionals12%

Intermediate occupations17%

Clerical and service workers23%

Manual workers5.4%

Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners3.2%

Farmers0%

Others not working1.1%

0%25%50%

Unemployment rate

4.6%

of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)

Median of compared communes: 10.1%

Working residents

490

aged 15 or older

Work & commute →

Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Saveuse comes in at 12%. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 39% in the town.

Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).

Immigrants and foreign nationals

A smaller share of foreign nationals than 90% of compared French towns: 1.3%

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants

2.8% of residents

Median of compared communes: 6.5%

Foreign nationals

1.3% of residents

Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

SaveuseSomme medianFrance median

Immigrants2.8%

Foreign nationals1.3%

0%5%10%

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 Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns. 2.8% of residents are immigrants, or about one in 36. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.

Couples

Single residents make up 18% in Saveuse, less than in 97% 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

SaveuseSomme medianFrance median

Married47%

In a civil partnership (PACS)12%

Living together, unmarried13%

Single18%

Divorced3%

Widowed6.7%

0%30%60%

Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Saveuse comes in at 47%. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.

Qualifications

Saveuse ranks above 84% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 42%

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

SaveuseSomme medianFrance median

No diploma (or primary certificate)16%

Brevet5.1%

CAP or BEP (vocational)21%

Baccalauréat15%

Bac+212%

Bac+3 or bac+416%

Bac+5 or more14%

0%20%40%

Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 16% in Saveuse. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.

Towns its size

The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,096 to 2,582 people

The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.

Saveuse 43.8

VillejustPrayssacLa Croix-en-Touraine

365064

Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).

Neighbors

Saveuse 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.

Ailly-sur-SommeSalouëlSaleuxAmiensRiveryCamonSaveuse

Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	Median age	65+	Second homes	Immigrants
Saveuse	43.8	25%	0.6%	2.8%
Ailly-sur-Somme 3,003 · 2 mi	47.3	25%	0.6%	2.3%
Salouël 4,179 · 2.8 mi	32.5	19%	1%	3.1%
Saleux 2,739 · 3 mi	43.7	22%	0.9%	3.8%
Amiens 136,449 · 3.7 mi	33.8	16%	2.8%	12%
Rivery 3,636 · 5 mi	45.4	25%	0.8%	6.4%
Camon 4,359 · 5.8 mi	48.1	26%	0.7%	3.2%

More about Saveuse

Health, work, housing and schools

Health A⁺Deaths, doctors and care nearby Work & commute B⁺Jobs, unemployment and how people get to work Cost of living C⁻Home prices, rents, owning and renting Schools C⁺Collèges and lycées within 5 km

How to read these numbers

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 Saveuse

What is the population of Saveuse?

1,096 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 35% more than in 2012 (810).

How old are Saveuse’s residents?

The median age is 43.8, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Saveuse?

3, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Saveuse?

INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.

What is the median income in Saveuse?

€30,760 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).

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