A higher share of single-parent households than 85% of compared French towns, at 13%
Here 7.3% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. At the 2023 Census Sarrians was home to 5,792 people in 2,540 households. Flats come to 20% locally, about two in ten. The median age in the town is 46.7, higher than in just over two thirds of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Vaucluse 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.
A change of −1% since 2012 leaves Sarrians behind 73% 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
The first five years brought +4%; the six to 2023, −5%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 61% of compared French towns: 24%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sarrians 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Sarrians has 10%. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Only 32% of households are one person living alone in Sarrians
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 Vaucluse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.3 people on average. On couples with children, Sarrians sits higher than 57% of compared French towns: 26%. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
8.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 70% of compared French towns
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
In Sarrians, 3.6% of homes are second homes, beside 2.1% in the typical compared French town. 7.3% of homes stand empty, more than in 57% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Turnover: one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 23% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
At the median, €24,730 a year to live on
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 €24,730 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 63% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 17.0%.
Households headed by a manual worker: 18%, a higher share than 73% 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
In Sarrians, 6.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 35% here. Against that, 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).
Immigrants: 8.6%, a higher share than 64% 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.
Foreign nationals: 5.6%, above 61% of compared French towns. Against that, 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.
Sarrians sits above 76% of compared French towns for married residents (47%)
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 23%, Sarrians is behind 74% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Sarrians sits above 76% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (25%)
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 5,751 to 5,833
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 Viry (35.9), the youngest, and Montmorillon (57.4), the oldest.
Sarrians is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarrians | 46.7 | 24% | 3.6% | 8.6% |
| Aubignan 5,981 · 3.1 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 13% | 7.9% |
| Jonquières 5,201 · 3.8 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1.4% | 6.1% |
| Monteux 13,301 · 4 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 2.3% | 9% |
| Courthézon 6,426 · 4.1 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 3.4% | 5.9% |
| Carpentras 31,619 · 4.7 mi | 43.5 | 23% | 2.6% | 18% |
| Bédarrides 5,671 · 4.8 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 3.9% |
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 Sarrians
What is the population of Sarrians?
5,792 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (5,841).
How old are Sarrians’ residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 68% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sarrians?
100, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sarrians?
INSEE counts 500 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.6% of residents, and 320 foreign nationals (5.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sarrians?
€24,730 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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