A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.8%
With households without a car at 4.9%, Souclin is behind 89% of compared French towns on that count. Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than in 94% of compared French towns: 3.9%. This Ain town counted 262 residents and 130 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 7.9% of households are single parents.
Throughout this page, the Ain 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 Souclin
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Souclin, 12% of its 170 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 26 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 15%, a higher share than 95% 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
8% of households moved in less than two years ago; 21% have been in their home 30 years or more. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of second homes tops 89% of compared French towns: 12%.
Souclin changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 71% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +13% for the median Ain town, the change came in two steps: +4% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Souclin is older than 60% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Souclin 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are common here: 11%, more than in 56% of compared French towns. Across Souclin, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Souclin sits above 72% of compared French towns for one-person households (41%)
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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.1 people each. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are rarer here than in 59% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €27,130 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 median standard of living in Souclin is €27,130 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns, at 28%
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 24% of households are headed by a retired person here. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.9% in Souclin, less than in 93% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 0.8%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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.
Souclin ranks above 62% of compared French towns on married residents: 45%
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
Across Souclin, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 74% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Adults with no qualification: a fifth of the total. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Souclin sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Souclin | 45.6 | 22% | 12% | 1.9% |
| Lagnieu 7,411 · 4 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Montalieu-Vercieu 3,510 · 4.3 mi | 38.3 | 16% | 4.1% | 5% |
| Ambérieu-en-Bugey 15,934 · 6.6 mi | 37.5 | 18% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Ambronay 2,841 · 9.6 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| Villieu-Loyes-Mollon 3,849 · 9.8 mi | 41.1 | 17% | 3.2% | 3.4% |
| Plateau d'Hauteville 4,857 · 10.9 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 11% | 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 Souclin
What is the population of Souclin?
262 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (263).
How old are Souclin’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 60% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Souclin?
20, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Souclin?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Souclin?
€27,130 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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