In Soudron, 40% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Soudron has 0.7%. Households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 98% of compared French towns. There were 110 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 300 residents. On the census count, 7.5% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Soudron
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 26% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 23 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
A young town
Half of Soudron’s residents are under 38.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are under 15 and 19% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Soudron had 315 residents at the 2012 census and 300 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −5% since 2012, behind 87% 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 −4% from 2012 to 2017 and ±0% from 2017 to 2023.
Soudron is younger than 88% 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
■ Soudron 38.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Soudron has 19%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Soudron ranks below 97% of compared French towns on one-person households: 23%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.6 people each.
Empty homes: 16%, a higher share than 97% 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
Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Across Soudron, 6.2% of homes are second homes. Some 4.3% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 29% who have been there 30 years or more.
A typical living standard of €28,700 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 €28,700 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 27% in Soudron, less than in 76% 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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.7% of residents are immigrants
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Soudron has 0.3%. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. The median compared commune in Marne has 4.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Soudron, 16% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 46% of residents 15 and over are married here. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Soudron ranks below 67% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 16%
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Soudron comes in at 32%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 300 to 2,582 people, the 2nd youngest
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).
Soudron is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soudron | 38.2 | 19% | 6.2% | 0.7% |
| Fagnières 4,858 · 9.7 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 9.3% |
| Blancs-Coteaux 3,080 · 9.8 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 3.9% | 1.9% |
| Châlons-en-Champagne 42,971 · 10.9 mi | 41.2 | 21% | 2.5% | 10% |
| Saint-Memmie 5,441 · 11.5 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 7.4% |
| Aÿ-Champagne 5,103 · 16.5 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Épernay 22,174 · 17.4 mi | 44 | 23% | 5.2% | 11% |
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 Soudron
What is the population of Soudron?
300 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (315).
How old are Soudron’s residents?
The median age is 38.2, younger than 88% of compared French towns. 30% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Soudron?
9, with occasional dwellings: 6.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Soudron?
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 Soudron?
€28,700 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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