A higher share of single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns, at 17%
23% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Households without a car: 8.4% of the total. The median age in Le Soler is 45.4, higher than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. The town’s 3,480 households held 7,942 residents at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Pyrénées-Orientales 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.
Since 2012, Le Soler has grown +10%, faster than 69% 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
In two steps, +7% to 2017 and +3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +10% in Pyrénées-Orientales.
In Le Soler, 24% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 59% 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
■ Le Soler 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 11% in Le Soler, about one in ten. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 71% of compared French towns: 31%
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 Pyrénées-Orientales median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.2 people. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 25%.
Empty homes make up 8.1% in Le Soler, more than in 65% 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
Some just over one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 17% who have been there 30 years or more. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing account for 14%.
A typical living standard of €23,970 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.
Living standards centre on €23,970 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 72% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 16.0% of residents are below the line.
Only 7.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Le Soler
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
With households headed by a retired person at 31%, Le Soler is behind 61% of compared French towns on that count. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town. 13% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in eight.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 64% of compared French towns: 8.7%
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 Pyrénées-Orientales has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 64% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up about one in 26 here (3.9%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Le Soler ranks below 66% of compared French towns on married residents: 41%
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
The figure for single residents is 27% in Le Soler and 25% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 56% 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
For Le Soler, the census puts adults with no qualification at 19%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 7,830 to 8,050 people: this is the 15th 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.
Linas is the youngest (33.8); Lège-Cap-Ferret the oldest (57.7).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Le Soler 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Soler | 45.4 | 24% | 1.9% | 8.7% |
| Pézilla-la-Rivière 4,129 · 1.7 mi | 41.6 | 20% | 2.6% | 6% |
| Baho 3,231 · 1.9 mi | 48.5 | 22% | 1.3% | 6.6% |
| Toulouges 7,450 · 2 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 1.5% | 9.2% |
| Saint-Féliu-d'Avall 2,950 · 2.6 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Canohès 6,616 · 2.8 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 1.3% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Estève 11,630 · 3.2 mi | 51.7 | 31% | 1% | 7.2% |
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 Le Soler
What is the population of Le Soler?
7,942 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (7,221).
How old are Le Soler’s residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Soler?
72, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Soler?
INSEE counts 690 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.7% of residents, and 310 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Soler?
€23,970 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% 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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