Saulgé is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53
Single-parent households make up 3.1%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 1,011 residents and 480 households in Saulgé. On the census count, 3% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 1%, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Saulgé
An older town
Half of Saulgé’s residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 81 homes empty (13%): 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 change of +2% since 2012 leaves Saulgé behind 61% 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
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 93% of compared French towns: 8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saulgé 53. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 31%, above 88% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Saulgé sits below 71% of compared French towns for one-person households (31%)
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
Households average 2.1 people. 24% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 56% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
Saulgé sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1.4%)
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
Empty homes make up 13%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The share of flats in the typical compared French town is 30%. On the census count, 3.8% of households have no car. Few places have as many second homes: 9.5% here, more than in 87% of compared French towns.
€24,340 a year is the median standard of living here
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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,340 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Saulgé sits above 92% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (45%)
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
For Saulgé, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 13%. 3% of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 45% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3.2%, a lower share than 80% 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.
Here 3% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Set beside that, 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.
A larger share of married residents than 95% of compared French towns: 51%
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 make up 20%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Only 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Saulgé
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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,011 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Saulgé is younger than 1 of its 3 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saulgé | 53 | 31% | 9.5% | 3.2% |
| Montmorillon 5,821 · 3 mi | 57.4 | 38% | 3.8% | 5.3% |
| Valdivienne 2,715 · 14 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Chauvigny 7,007 · 16.4 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 5.2% | 2.7% |
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 Saulgé
What is the population of Saulgé?
1,011 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (991).
How old are Saulgé’s residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saulgé?
59, with occasional dwellings: 9.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saulgé?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saulgé?
€24,340 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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