0.8% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
Here 2.9% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. 7.1% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. There were 210 households in Selles at the 2023 Census, home to 480 residents. Households headed by a manual worker account for 29%.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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 Selles
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 30 second homes and occasional dwellings in Selles, 12% of its 250 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 89% of compared French towns: 12%
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. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 4.9% of homes stand empty.
Selles’s population changed by +6% since 2012, more than in 57% 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
Over those years, the median Eure town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +4%, then +2% to 2023.
A median age of 42.1: Selles is younger than 65% 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
■ Selles 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Roughly two in ten: 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Selles ranks above 82% of compared French towns on couples with children: 32%
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 Eure median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few single-parent households: 7.3% here, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns. Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 32% of households are one person living alone in Selles.
The median resident lives on €25,880 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,880 a year: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Selles ranks below 65% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 7.3%
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
Across Selles, 32% of households are headed by a retired person. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.3% in Selles, less than in 98% 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. As a yardstick, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Selles comes in at 51%. As a yardstick, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 27% in Selles, less than in 62% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Selles has 21%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 9th youngest of 41 French towns of 480 to 2,582 people
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).
Selles sits below 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selles | 42.1 | 21% | 12% | 1.3% |
| Pont-Audemer 10,023 · 3.5 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 3.1% | 3.3% |
| Beuzeville 4,704 · 7.7 mi | 43.4 | 25% | 8% | 2.4% |
| Brionne 4,185 · 12.5 mi | 45.9 | 27% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur 2,527 · 12.8 mi | 43.8 | 21% | 6.4% | 3.3% |
| Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine 10,617 · 13.9 mi | 41.6 | 21% | 0.7% | 6.2% |
| Honfleur 6,640 · 14 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 31% | 5.4% |
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 Selles
What is the population of Selles?
480 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (451).
How old are Selles’ residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Selles?
30, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Selles?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Selles?
€25,880 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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