Suzette is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 60.6
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Suzette has 15%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 59 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 112 residents. About one in four: that is how common single-parent households are in Suzette (23%).
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 Suzette
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Suzette, 31% of its 110 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 94% 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 Suzette’s residents are under 60.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Suzette had 122 residents at the 2012 census and 112 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 15 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 31% of its homes
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
Flats: 7.3%, below 92% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 14% of homes stand empty. Fewer households without a car than in 88% of compared French towns: 5%.
A change of −8% since 2012 leaves Suzette behind 95% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −2%; 2017 to 2023, −6%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Vaucluse town +7%.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 39% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Suzette 60.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 7.1% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of couples with children than 90% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 31% in Suzette. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. The average household has 1.9 people.
23% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
8.8% of residents are immigrants, more than in 65% 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.
The median compared commune in Vaucluse has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. Foreign nationals make up about one in 19 here (5.3%).
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
Single residents: 20% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Suzette: 46% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 89% 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 14% in Suzette and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 112 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Suzette
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 Suzette
What is the population of Suzette?
112 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (122).
How old are Suzette’s residents?
The median age is 60.6, older than 98% of compared French towns. 5.3% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Suzette?
34, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Suzette?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.8% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (5.3%). 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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