Fewer households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.3%
With flats at 3.4%, Saligny is behind 98% of compared French towns on that count. Locally, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone. 30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 85% of compared French towns. The town is home to 647 residents in 290 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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.
−3% since 2012: slower than 82% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Yonne town −4%.
Older than 83% of compared French towns: half of Saligny is over 49.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saligny 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Saligny has 8.8%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 6.9%, a lower share than 91% of compared French towns
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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.2 people. Higher than in 63% of compared French towns: 28% of households are couples with children. Across the comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
In Saligny, 2.7% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 8.9%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 30%. 2.8% of homes are second homes, more than in 60% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of empty homes here, 6.8%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €29,700 a year to live on
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.
At €29,700 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 48%, a higher share than 96% 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
Here 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Few places have so few households headed by a manual worker: 12% here, fewer than in 63% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 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).
Saligny: 6% of residents are immigrants
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 Yonne has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 54% of compared French towns. About one in 17: that is how common immigrants are in Saligny (6%). On foreign nationals, 4% here is much the same as 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.
Saligny ranks above 97% of compared French towns on married residents: 53%
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
19% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 16% of adults out of school have no qualification in Saligny
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 share of graduates of higher education tops 60% of compared French towns: 33%. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 647 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Saligny, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saligny | 49.8 | 30% | 2.8% | 6% |
| Saint-Clément 2,849 · 2.9 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Sens 27,106 · 3.3 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 2.6% | 20% |
| Paron 4,834 · 5.2 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 1.5% | 12% |
| Pont-sur-Yonne 3,391 · 8.6 mi | 45.2 | 27% | 5.9% | 9.2% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 5,135 · 9.6 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 7.5% | 6.3% |
| Villeneuve-la-Guyard 3,455 · 16 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 4.2% | 7.8% |
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 Saligny
What is the population of Saligny?
647 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (669).
How old are Saligny’s residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 83% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saligny?
9, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saligny?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saligny?
€29,700 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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