Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Savin is over 56.3
47% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Saint-Savin counted 816 residents and 460 households at the 2023 Census. In Saint-Savin, 14% of homes are flats. Higher than in 74% of compared French towns: 16% of households have no car.
Throughout this page, the Vienne 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 Saint-Savin
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 85 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Savin, 13% of its 660 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 96% 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 Saint-Savin’s residents are under 56.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
52% of Saint-Savin’s households are one person: higher than in 95% of compared French towns; 46% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 110 homes empty (17%): 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 higher share of empty homes than 97% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
The share of second homes tops 90% of compared French towns: 13%. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The census found that one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in Saint-Savin.
Since 2012, Saint-Savin has changed by −7%, slower than 92% 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
Here the change came as −3% to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 35% in Saint-Savin, more than in 94% 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
■ Saint-Savin 56.3. The median compared French town: 44.
7.4% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, 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 98% of compared French towns, at 12%
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 Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Saint-Savin, 8.6% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. 52% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 95% of compared French towns. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 1.8 people.
A typical living standard of €22,590 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.
The median standard of living in Saint-Savin is €22,590 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 5.4% in Saint-Savin, less than in 82% 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
Saint-Savin has more households headed by a manual worker than 51% of compared French towns, at 14%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Savin sits below 63% of compared French towns for immigrants (5%)
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: 4.7% of the total. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Saint-Savin ranks below 71% of compared French towns on single residents: 23%
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
Just over two in five residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 20%, a lower share than 86% 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
27% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 816 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Saint-Savin and its 5 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Savin | 56.3 | 35% | 13% | 5% |
| Montmorillon 5,821 · 9.8 mi | 57.4 | 38% | 3.8% | 5.3% |
| Chauvigny 7,007 · 10.1 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 5.2% | 2.7% |
| Le Blanc 6,164 · 10.9 mi | 52.8 | 34% | 9.2% | 4.4% |
| Valdivienne 2,715 · 11.9 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Julien-l'Ars 2,880 · 17.2 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
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 Saint-Savin
What is the population of Saint-Savin?
816 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (873).
How old are Saint-Savin’s residents?
The median age is 56.3, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Savin?
85, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Savin?
INSEE counts 41 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (4.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Savin?
€22,590 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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