In Solignac-sous-Roche, 34% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% of compared French towns
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 7.5% in Solignac-sous-Roche. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The town had 270 residents in 120 households at the 2023 census. In Solignac-sous-Roche, 4.1% of households have no car.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Loire 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 Solignac-sous-Roche
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 67 second homes and occasional dwellings in Solignac-sous-Roche, 34% of its 200 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 89% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Solignac-sous-Roche had 221 residents at the 2012 census and 270 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Solignac-sous-Roche’s residents are under 50.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 95% of compared French towns: 5.6%
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
Of all households, 2.4% moved in during the last two years and 21% have stayed three decades or more. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%. Empty homes make up 6.8%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, Solignac-sous-Roche outgrew 92% of compared French towns: +22%
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Haute-Loire. Here the change came as +10% to 2017, then +11% to 2023.
Older than 85% of compared French towns: half of Solignac-sous-Roche is over 50.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Solignac-sous-Roche 50.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 30% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 84% of compared French towns: 7.7% of households are single parents
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 Haute-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Nearly a third of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The census found that 26% of households are couples with children in Solignac-sous-Roche.
A median standard of living of €25,310 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 residents live in households above €25,310 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Solignac-sous-Roche ranks above 93% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 23%
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
In Solignac-sous-Roche, 35% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 7.8%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
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 0.3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Haute-Loire has 3.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. 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.
In Solignac-sous-Roche, 50% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 91% 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
The share of single residents trails 85% of compared French towns: 21%. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Solignac-sous-Roche ranks below 79% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 14%
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
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 270 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Solignac-sous-Roche
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solignac-sous-Roche | 50.7 | 30% | 34% | 0.7% |
| Retournac 3,007 · 3.2 mi | 51.1 | 32% | 17% | 3.8% |
| Beauzac 2,954 · 5.2 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 17% | 1.5% |
| Bas-en-Basset 4,638 · 6.8 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 10% | 1.2% |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon 2,688 · 7.1 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 7.1% | 1.9% |
| Monistrol-sur-Loire 8,823 · 8.9 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 3.8% | 3.6% |
| Yssingeaux 7,415 · 9.8 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 9.2% | 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 Solignac-sous-Roche
What is the population of Solignac-sous-Roche?
270 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (221).
How old are Solignac-sous-Roche’s residents?
The median age is 50.7, older than 85% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Solignac-sous-Roche?
67, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Solignac-sous-Roche?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Solignac-sous-Roche?
€25,310 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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