A higher share of couples with children than 95% of compared French towns, at 36%
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 124 residents in Soues, living in 50 households. Locally, 7.9% of residents are 15 to 24. Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 45% of households are headed by a retired person here.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Soues
Fewer residents than in 2012
Soues had 151 residents at the 2012 census and 124 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 9.1% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Soues changed by −18% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 99% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −17%; 2017 to 2023, −1%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Somme town −3%.
Older than 71% of compared French towns: half of Soues is over 47.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Soues 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of Soues’ residents are 65 or older, against 25% in the median Somme town and 22% in the median compared French town; 19% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 88% 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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
At 9.1%, the share of single-parent households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. The average household has 2.5 people.
Empty homes make up 3.8% in Soues, less than in 90% 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 that moved in under two years ago: 2%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 41%. Fewer households without a car than in just over two thirds of compared French towns: 7.8%. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty. One household in 13 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
A typical living standard of €29,620 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 €29,620 a year: higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
In Soues, 9.1% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 82% 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 share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.8% of residents are immigrants in Soues
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 63% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
For Soues, the census puts married residents at 44%. Across the comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Soues
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 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Soues comes in at 16%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Soues is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soues | 47.3 | 24% | 1.9% | 0.8% |
| Flixecourt 3,221 · 4.2 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| Ailly-sur-Somme 3,003 · 6.5 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
| Saleux 2,739 · 10.5 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 0.9% | 3.8% |
| Salouël 4,179 · 10.6 mi | 32.5 | 19% | 1% | 3.1% |
| Amiens 136,449 · 11.6 mi | 33.8 | 16% | 2.8% | 12% |
| Rivery 3,636 · 12.7 mi | 45.4 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.4% |
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 Soues
What is the population of Soues?
124 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (151).
How old are Soues’ residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Soues?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Soues?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Soues?
€29,620 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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