Flats make up 0.5% in Sainte-Solange, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Second homes make up 5.2%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Sainte-Solange had 1,111 residents in 500 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 6.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional. With a median age of 49.7, Sainte-Solange is older than 82% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Cher 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 Sainte-Solange
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sainte-Solange had 1,186 residents at the 2012 census and 1,111 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Sainte-Solange has changed by −6%, slower than 92% 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 −4% for the median Cher town, the change came in two steps: −4% from 2012 to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
In Sainte-Solange, 9.1% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 80% 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
■ Sainte-Solange 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 64% of compared French towns: 24%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 90% of compared French towns: 26%
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 Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
By its share of single-parent households (11%), Sainte-Solange is above 63% of compared French towns. Couples with children are rarer here than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Households here average 2.2 people each.
5.2% of households have no car, fewer than in 86% 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
In the last two years, nearly one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 30% have stayed 30 years or more. For comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many empty homes: 9% here, more than in 73% of compared French towns. Where 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Sainte-Solange has 9.9%.
Standard of living at the median: €26,010 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 €26,010 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
Sainte-Solange: 16% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 63% 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
Locally, 33% of households are headed by a retired person. By way of comparison, 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).
In Sainte-Solange, 2.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 89% 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: 1% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
A higher share of married residents than 97% of compared French towns, at 52%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single here. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Only 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Sainte-Solange
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Sainte-Solange. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 1,111 to 2,582 people, 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Sainte-Solange, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Solange | 49.7 | 24% | 5.2% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Puy 4,779 · 4 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 0.9% | 4.8% |
| Bourges 64,186 · 7.9 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 11% |
| Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny 2,546 · 8.2 mi | 41 | 18% | 2.4% | 3.5% |
| Avord 2,909 · 8.3 mi | 32.5 | 11% | 0.9% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Doulchard 9,647 · 8.9 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 0.8% | 7% |
| Trouy 4,055 · 11.2 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 1% | 3.2% |
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 Sainte-Solange
What is the population of Sainte-Solange?
1,111 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (1,186).
How old are Sainte-Solange’s residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Solange?
30, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Solange?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sainte-Solange?
€26,010 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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