Photo: Communication.Sorgues · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 41.1: Sorgues is younger than 72% of compared French towns
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 6.3% in Sorgues. At the 2023 Census, 19,006 people lived here, in 8,380 households. On the census count, 0.8% of homes are second homes. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 12%, more than in 73% 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.
Slower growth than 58% of compared French towns: Sorgues changed by +3% since 2012
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 median Vaucluse town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +1% and the next six +2%.
19% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 69% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sorgues 41.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, about the same as in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 63% of compared French towns, at 28%
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
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Sorgues comes in at 38%. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.3 people.
9.1% of homes stand empty, more than in 73% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, just over two in five homes are flats in Sorgues. For Sorgues, the census puts households in social housing at 13%. Compared with other places, households without a car are common here: 11%, more than in 50% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty.
The median resident lives on €22,830 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.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Half of residents live in households above €22,830 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 83% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 23.0%.
More households headed by a manual worker than 74% of compared French towns: 18%
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
29% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
13% of residents are immigrants, a share 81% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Sorgues has 9%. As a yardstick, 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.
Sorgues: 28% of residents 15 and over are single, above 67% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married in Sorgues. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Sorgues sits below 77% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (23%)
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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 25% in Sorgues. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (18,262 to 19,787 people), the 21st oldest
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 Moissy-Cramayel (33.2), the oldest Royan (64.5).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Sorgues are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sorgues | 41.1 | 19% | 0.8% | 13% |
| Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue 8,913 · 2.5 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 4% | 6.8% |
| Bédarrides 5,671 · 2.6 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 3.9% |
| Vedène 11,974 · 2.8 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 2.1% | 7.1% |
| Le Pontet 18,386 · 3.3 mi | 41 | 21% | 1% | 19% |
| Althen-des-Paluds 2,960 · 4.2 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 2.7% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Saturnin-lès-Avignon 5,206 · 4.4 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 5% | 4.8% |
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 Sorgues
What is the population of Sorgues?
19,006 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (18,473).
How old are Sorgues’ residents?
The median age is 41.1, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sorgues?
75, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sorgues?
INSEE counts 2,430 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 1,710 foreign nationals (9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sorgues?
€22,830 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 23.0% 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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