Fewer one-person households than 97% of compared French towns: 24%
Households without a car: 3.7% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Second homes account for 0.6%. Flats are rarer here than in 83% of compared French towns. Soliers is home to 2,260 residents in 940 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Calvados 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.
Growth of +5% since 2012 puts Soliers ahead of 50% 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
Here the change came as −4% to 2017, then +9% to 2023.
Soliers is older than 59% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Soliers 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (20%), Soliers is below 61% of compared French towns. Higher than in 76% of compared French towns: 12% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Soliers sits above 88% of compared French towns for couples with children (33%)
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 Calvados median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 8.8% of households are single parents in Soliers. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
A higher share of households in social housing than 71% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
4.9% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. On average, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 8.3% moved in during the last two years and 24% have stayed three decades or more.
Median standard of living: €27,650 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.
At €27,650 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 67% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 9.0% of residents are below the line.
Above 65% of compared French towns: 16% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 Soliers, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 33%. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 56% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.5% of residents are immigrants in Soliers
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Soliers. The median compared commune in Calvados has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 95% of compared French towns, at 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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Soliers has 22%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Below 58% of compared French towns: 18% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Few places have so few graduates of higher education: 29% here, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
21st highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,260 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Soliers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soliers | 45.3 | 20% | 0.6% | 3.5% |
| Bourguébus 2,613 · 1 mi | 34.6 | 9.8% | 0.2% | 2.3% |
| Cormelles-le-Royal 5,377 · 2.5 mi | 43.8 | 25% | 0.6% | 5.8% |
| Ifs 11,937 · 2.8 mi | 39.4 | 18% | 1.2% | 6.6% |
| Mondeville 10,331 · 2.9 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 1.2% | 5.2% |
| Giberville 5,077 · 3.3 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 0.8% | 5% |
| Démouville 3,035 · 3.4 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 0.6% | 2.8% |
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 Soliers
What is the population of Soliers?
2,260 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (2,155).
How old are Soliers’ residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 59% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Soliers?
6, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Soliers?
INSEE counts 78 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 55 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Soliers?
€27,650 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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