Where it does best is cost of living (A+): at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 3.5 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Most journeys need a car: 69% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 4% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Homes go for a median €1,307/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting, INSEE census 2023. Soulgé-sur-Ouette has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Soulgé-sur-Ouette with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Work & commuteJobs & income B
Unemployment in Soulgé-sur-Ouette, 4.9%, runs below Mayenne’s towns and compared French towns
Jobs based in Soulgé-sur-Ouette number 250, against 500 residents in work (0.5 per worker). 3.8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, below Mayenne’s towns (11.3%) and compared French towns (13.4%) alike. At the census, 5.9% of working residents in Soulgé-sur-Ouette didn’t travel to work at all.
4%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving90%
On foot3%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
250
jobs based in Soulgé-sur-Ouette, 0.5 per working resident
4.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€25,000
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
6%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
D
Walkability: better than 13% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
HealthHealth A
Fewer deaths than Soulgé-sur-Ouette’s ages would predict, 73 per 100 expected, under Mayenne’s towns and compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Soulgé-sur-Ouette is Centre hospitalier de Laval, 10 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 167 residents of Soulgé-sur-Ouette died, against 161 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 4% more. Life expectancy at birth in Mayenne is 86.5 years for women and 80.6 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France.
−27%deaths against expected, after care homesAHealth Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw104
Adjusted73
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Soulgé-sur-Ouette · 2 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de Laval
10 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de Laval
86.5 · 80.6
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Mayenne, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Old homes shape Soulgé-sur-Ouette: 24% were built before 1919, more than in both Mayenne’s towns and compared French towns
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
The Culture ministry lists 2 historic monuments in Soulgé-sur-Ouette, none of them classé, France’s highest protection. Its oldest listed monument dates from the 11th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
A young town: 13% of people in Soulgé-sur-Ouette are 15 to 24, more than in both Mayenne’s towns and compared French towns
18% of residents are children under 15. People 65 and over make up 20% of the town, lower than both Mayenne’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Soulgé-sur-Ouette has a median age of 43.8.
43.8median age
Soulgé-sur-OuetteMayenne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
13%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma21%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education22%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Soulgé-sur-Ouette
Is Soulgé-sur-Ouette safe?
Soulgé-sur-Ouette has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.6 recorded violent incidents and 6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Soulgé-sur-Ouette expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Soulgé-sur-Ouette grades A+ for cost of living.
About Soulgé-sur-Ouette
Commune in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Soulgé-sur-Ouette is a commune of 1,063 people in the Communauté d'agglomération Laval Agglomération. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
