A town of second homes: 28% of its homes
With flats at 1.7%, Sarry is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. This Yonne town has more households headed by a manual worker than 92% of compared French towns, at 23%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 133, in 64 households. The share of households without a car stands at 4.6%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Sarry
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Sarry, 28% of its 120 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sarry had 163 residents at the 2012 census and 133 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 23 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Sarry ranks above 99% of compared French towns on empty homes: 19%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Sarry has 1.5%. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Households that moved in under two years ago: 6.2%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 38%.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Sarry: −18%
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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Yonne town −4%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −1%; 2017 to 2023, −17%.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 6.7% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sarry 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Sarry is 49.8, higher than in 82% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Locally, a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Sarry, 7.7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 83% 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
In Sarry, 38% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. Across Sarry, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children. On average, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A median of €28,400 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €28,400 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 60% of compared French towns: 31%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, nearly a third 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).
Immigrants: 0.7%, a lower share than 99% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.7% in Sarry. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Sarry has 49%. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 85% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Sarry, 28%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 133 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).
A younger town than 3 of the 4 around it: Sarry
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarry | 49.8 | 25% | 28% | 0.7% |
| Montbard 4,639 · 12.8 mi | 52.9 | 33% | 3.8% | 7.3% |
| Tonnerre 4,261 · 13.6 mi | 47.3 | 29% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Avallon 6,305 · 14.8 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 5.6% | 12% |
| Semur-en-Auxois 3,986 · 17.7 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 9.3% | 5.6% |
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 Sarry
What is the population of Sarry?
133 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (163).
How old are Sarry’s residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 82% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sarry?
34, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sarry?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sarry?
€28,400 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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