Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 2.7%
4.6% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 5.7% of households are single parents. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 3.1%, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 1,583 residents and 700 households in Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle.
Throughout this page, the Orne 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 Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle had 1,685 residents at the 2012 census and 1,583 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−6% since 2012, a pace below 91% 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 median Orne town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six −5%.
Older than 82% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle is over 49.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. On residents aged 15 to 24, 11% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 31%, a lower share than 69% 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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.3 people. At 27%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 59% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
More second homes than 83% of compared French towns: 7.1%
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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten homes stand empty here. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
€25,100 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Living standards centre on €25,100 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 86% of compared French towns, at 5%
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker here. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person account for 39%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle ranks above 67% of compared French towns on immigrants: 9.2%
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 Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 67% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 5.2% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 19.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 98% of compared French towns: 53%
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle, 21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 81% 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
Nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,583 to 2,582 people), the 14th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle | 49.6 | 24% | 7.1% | 9.2% |
| L'Aigle 7,663 · 1.4 mi | 47.4 | 28% | 2.7% | 11% |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 2,938 · 8.3 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 17% | 3% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 11.9 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton 7,193 · 12.4 mi | 50 | 29% | 4.4% | 6.1% |
| Breteuil 4,282 · 12.4 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 9% | 3.2% |
| Mesnil-en-Ouche 4,414 · 14.8 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 19% | 2.3% |
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 Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle
What is the population of Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle?
1,583 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (1,685).
How old are Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle’s residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 82% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle?
59, with occasional dwellings: 7.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle?
INSEE counts 150 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.2% of residents, and 82 foreign nationals (5.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Sulpice-sur-Risle?
€25,100 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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