Half of Sault is over 53.4, older than 91% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional: 4.5%, below 89% of compared French towns. Lower than in 99% of compared French towns: 3% of households are single parents. At the 2023 Census, 1,343 people lived in Sault, in 660 households. About one in six: that is how common flats are in Sault (16%).
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.
What stands out about the people of Sault
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 380 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sault, 34% of its 1,130 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 91% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Sault’s residents are under 53.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Sault sits above 95% of compared French towns for second homes (34%)
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
One household in 10 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Across Sault, 6.6% of households rent social housing (HLM). At 7.8%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 62% of compared French towns. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
A change of −1% since 2012 leaves Sault behind 72% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +2%, then −3% to 2023. Over those years, the median Vaucluse town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%.
Only 6% of residents are 15 to 24 in Sault
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sault 53.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Sault, 31%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
41% of households are one person living alone, more than in 73% 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 Vaucluse median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of couples with children is 21%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2 people in the average household.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €21,820 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.
Living standards centre on €21,820 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 84% of compared French towns: 40%
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 manual worker make up 12%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 6.9% of Sault’s residents
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 Vaucluse has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 53% of compared French towns. 5% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 20.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 81% 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
In Sault, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 66% of compared French towns: 26%
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
For Sault, the census puts adults with no qualification at 19%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,343 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Sault sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Sault
What is the population of Sault?
1,343 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,352).
How old are Sault’s residents?
The median age is 53.4, older than 91% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sault?
380, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sault?
INSEE counts 92 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.9% of residents, and 67 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sault?
€21,820 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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