Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Savoillan is over 57.2
Couples with children make up 11%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 4.6% of homes are flats. On households without a car, Savoillan sits lower than 99% of compared French towns: 2.2%. The town had 81 residents in 46 households at the 2023 census.
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 Savoillan
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in Savoillan, 43% of its 87 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Savoillan’s residents are under 57.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Savoillan had 86 residents at the 2012 census and 81 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 43% in Savoillan, more than in 96% 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
6.5% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. On the census count, 4.6% of homes stand empty.
A change of −6% since 2012 leaves Savoillan behind 90% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Vaucluse town +7%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −27%; 2017 to 2023, +29%.
Savoillan sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (4.9%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Savoillan 57.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 30% in Savoillan. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 82% of compared French towns, at 44%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. There are 1.8 people in the average household.
In Savoillan, 22% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 91% 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
With households headed by a manual worker at 11%, Savoillan is behind 70% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.4% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 71% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 56% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%. Put another way, about one in 14: 7.4% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 52%, a higher share than 96% 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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Savoillan. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 82% of compared French towns: 21%
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
About one in six: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Savoillan (18%). The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 81 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.
Every neighbor is younger than Savoillan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savoillan | 57.2 | 30% | 43% | 7.4% |
| Bédoin 3,106 · 10 mi | 56.4 | 36% | 32% | 7.1% |
| Malaucène 2,758 · 11.9 mi | 51.5 | 30% | 34% | 7.3% |
| Caromb 3,479 · 14.2 mi | 50.9 | 27% | 13% | 8.6% |
| Mazan 6,285 · 15.3 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 9.4% | 5.2% |
| Vaison-la-Romaine 6,058 · 15.6 mi | 56.6 | 38% | 15% | 12% |
| Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt 3,004 · 17 mi | 53.1 | 32% | 31% | 6.5% |
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 Savoillan
What is the population of Savoillan?
81 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (86).
How old are Savoillan’s residents?
The median age is 57.2, older than 97% of compared French towns. 8.6% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Savoillan?
37, with occasional dwellings: 43% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Savoillan?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.4% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (7.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.