More couples with children than 96% of compared French towns: 37%
6.5% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. There were 1,310 households in Salomé at the 2023 Census, home to 3,182 residents. On the census count, 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Few places have so few second homes: 0.6% here, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Nord 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 Salomé
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 9.5% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Salomé’s residents are under 38.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Salomé outgrew 59% of compared French towns: +7%
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nord town ±0%.
Salomé 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
■ Salomé 38.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In Salomé, one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 89% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
27% of households are one person living alone, below 87% 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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.4 people in the average household. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Salomé sits close to the norm on single-parent households: 9.5%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
16% of households rent social housing (HLM), a share 65% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Car-free households: one in 12, where the median compared French town has 11%. In Salomé, 8.2% of households have no car.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,180 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,180 a year: lower than in 58% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 13.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 75% of compared French towns, at 28%
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Salomé comes in at 17%. The wider picture: 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).
1.9% of residents are immigrants, below 93% 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.
The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 93% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The census found that 1% of residents are foreign nationals in Salomé.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Salomé, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 79% 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
Married residents account for 43%. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 59% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 31% in Salomé. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 3,167 to 3,199 people: this is 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.
The youngest is Thierville-sur-Meuse (37.1), the oldest Meschers-sur-Gironde (66.1).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Salomé 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salomé | 38.2 | 15% | 0.6% | 1.9% |
| La Bassée 6,650 · 1.3 mi | 40.4 | 20% | 0.7% | 2.6% |
| Billy-Berclau 5,093 · 1.7 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 0.5% | 1.6% |
| Douvrin 5,867 · 1.7 mi | 38.1 | 17% | 0.5% | 1.7% |
| Violaines 3,839 · 2.2 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Haisnes 4,396 · 2.5 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 0.2% | 1.5% |
| Auchy-les-Mines 4,625 · 2.8 mi | 40.1 | 16% | 0.2% | 1.2% |
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 Salomé
What is the population of Salomé?
3,182 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (2,972).
How old are Salomé’s residents?
The median age is 38.2, younger than 88% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Salomé?
8, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Salomé?
INSEE counts 60 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Salomé?
€25,180 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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