Saulchery: 31% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% of compared French towns
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 10% of homes are flats in Saulchery. 16% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns. The town had 687 residents in 290 households at the 2023 census. Single-parent households: 17% of the total.
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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 Saulchery
Empty homes
The census found 50 homes empty (14%): 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 +3% since 2012 leaves Saulchery behind 59% 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
In two steps, +8% to 2017 and −5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −4% in Aisne.
Half of Saulchery is under 42.8, younger than 59% 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
■ Saulchery 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 12%, Saulchery is ahead of 81% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 34% of households are one person living alone in Saulchery
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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.3 people. A quarter of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 52% of compared French towns. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Empty homes: 14%, a higher share than 94% 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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 14%. 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 16% in Saulchery.
Median standard of living: €25,940 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.
Half of Saulchery’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,940 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 23% in Saulchery, less than in 89% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 5%, below 86% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saulchery ranks above 77% of compared French towns on immigrants: 12%
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 Aisne has 5.7%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 77% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The share of foreign nationals stands at 9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 29%, a higher share than 73% of compared French towns
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
Married residents come to 42% in Saulchery, about four in ten. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 59% 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
The share of adults with no qualification stands at 18%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 687 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th youngest
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.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Saulchery
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saulchery | 42.8 | 16% | 3.8% | 12% |
| Charly-sur-Marne 2,594 · 1.4 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 3.3% | 10% |
| Essômes-sur-Marne 2,691 · 4.5 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 2.3% | 9.6% |
| Château-Thierry 15,097 · 6.4 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 2.4% | 16% |
| La Ferté-sous-Jouarre 10,254 · 8.5 mi | 39 | 17% | 2.5% | 20% |
| Jouarre 4,221 · 8.8 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 2% | 15% |
| Montmirail 3,535 · 12.5 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 3.4% | 5.2% |
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 Saulchery
What is the population of Saulchery?
687 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (669).
How old are Saulchery’s residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saulchery?
13, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saulchery?
INSEE counts 79 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 62 foreign nationals (9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saulchery?
€25,940 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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