More couples with children than 95% of compared French towns: 37%
In Saussenac, 0.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 632 people lived here, in 250 households. For Saussenac, the census puts flats at 2.5%. Empty homes are rarer here than in 97% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Tarn 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 Saussenac
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Saussenac had 540 residents at the 2012 census and 632 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +17% change since 2012: Saussenac grew faster than 86% 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 population moved +9%, and from 2017 to 2023 +8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Tarn town +7%.
Saussenac is younger than 62% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saussenac 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Saussenac. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 11%, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 20%
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 Tarn median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households tops 77% of compared French towns: 12%. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.5 people each.
Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.4%
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, 8.7% moved in during the last two years and 22% have stayed three decades or more. In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car. More second homes than in 75% of compared French towns: 4.6%.
Median living standard: €23,900 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,900 a year: lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 6% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 18%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 30% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 82% of compared French towns: 3%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Saussenac, 1.7%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 82% of compared French towns: 48%
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 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Saussenac comes in at 23%. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Saussenac, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 67% 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Saussenac comes in at 28%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (632 to 2,582 people), the 10th youngest
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.
Saussenac is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saussenac | 42.5 | 20% | 4.6% | 3% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 3.5 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 4.4 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 4.9 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Blaye-les-Mines 2,902 · 6.5 mi | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Carmaux 9,872 · 6.6 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 2.8% | 8.4% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 6.6 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
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 Saussenac
What is the population of Saussenac?
632 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (540).
How old are Saussenac’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saussenac?
12, with occasional dwellings: 4.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saussenac?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saussenac?
€23,900 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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