More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 48%
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Selles, 18%. At the 2023 Census, 464 people lived in the town, in 170 households. Households without a car: 3.8% of the total. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 4.1%, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Marne 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
A town of families
48% of households are couples with children and 3% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Selles had 376 residents at the 2012 census and 464 in 2023, up 23%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Selles’ residents are under 38.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +23% change since 2012: Selles grew faster than 93% 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 +15% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −2% in Marne.
Selles is younger than 87% of compared French towns: a median age of 38.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Selles 38.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In Selles, 14% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in eight: just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Only 16% of households are one person living alone in Selles
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 Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households make up 3%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.7 people share a household.
Only 0.6% of homes are second homes in Selles
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
Nearly one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 21% have stayed 30 years or more. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €27,400 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 €27,400 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 3.1% in Selles, less than in 97% 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 manual worker make up 36%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.8% in Selles, less than in 94% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals here. For comparison, 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.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Selles
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
With married residents at 49%, Selles is ahead of 88% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Selles ranks below 67% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 25%
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
Here, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 464 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.
Of the 6 towns nearest Selles, 4 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selles | 38.2 | 14% | 0.6% | 1.8% |
| Warmeriville 2,749 · 4.3 mi | 39 | 17% | 1% | 1.9% |
| Witry-lès-Reims 4,950 · 7.7 mi | 44 | 20% | 0.6% | 3.6% |
| Bétheny 6,975 · 10.6 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 0.8% | 4.2% |
| Reims 177,674 · 12 mi | 35.1 | 17% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Cormontreuil 6,534 · 12.2 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Mourmelon-le-Grand 4,895 · 12.2 mi | 30.8 | 11% | 1.2% | 2.5% |
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?
464 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% more than in 2012 (376).
How old are Selles’ residents?
The median age is 38.2, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Selles?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Selles?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Selles?
€27,400 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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