A median age of 35.1: Somme-Suippe is younger than 96% of compared French towns
Here 4.7% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Somme-Suippe had 513 residents in 170 households at the 2023 census. Households in social housing account for 1.2%. At 21%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 99% 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 Somme-Suippe
A young town
Half of Somme-Suippe’s residents are under 35.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +8% change since 2012: faster than 61% 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
The change was ±0% from 2012 to 2017 and +8% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Marne town −2%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 13%, a lower share than 96% 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
■ Somme-Suippe 35.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Here a fifth of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Somme-Suippe, 35% of households are couples with children, more than in 93% of compared French towns
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 12%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.7 people on average. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Somme-Suippe ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.1%
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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Somme-Suippe has 9%. The usual figure: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Census figures put second homes at 0.5% in the town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,640 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 Somme-Suippe’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,640 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 79% of compared French towns: 27%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. For Somme-Suippe, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 12%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 0.8%, a lower share than 99% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Somme-Suippe has 0.6%. Typically, 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 higher share of single residents than 76% of compared French towns, at 30%
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
Roughly four in ten: just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 84% 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
20% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 54% of compared French towns. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 513 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.
Somme-Suippe is the youngest (35.1); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Somme-Suippe
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somme-Suippe | 35.1 | 13% | 0.5% | 0.8% |
| Suippes 3,938 · 2.1 mi | 32.4 | 14% | 1.6% | 2.3% |
| Mourmelon-le-Grand 4,895 · 9.9 mi | 30.8 | 11% | 1.2% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Memmie 5,441 · 14.2 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 7.4% |
| Châlons-en-Champagne 42,971 · 14.8 mi | 41.2 | 21% | 2.5% | 10% |
| Sainte-Menehould 4,146 · 15 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Fagnières 4,858 · 16 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 9.3% |
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 Somme-Suippe
What is the population of Somme-Suippe?
513 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (477).
How old are Somme-Suippe’s residents?
The median age is 35.1, younger than 96% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Somme-Suippe?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Somme-Suippe?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Somme-Suippe?
€25,640 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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