Soncourt is older than 96% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.5
Flats: 3%, below 98% of compared French towns. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Soncourt had 42 residents in 25 households at the 2023 Census. Couples with children account for 20%.
Throughout this page, the Vosges 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 Soncourt
Fewer residents than in 2012
Soncourt had 52 residents at the 2012 census and 42 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Soncourt’s residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 6 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Soncourt’s population moved −19% on 2012, less than in 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −15%, and from 2017 to 2023 −5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vosges town −6%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 2.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Soncourt 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Soncourt, 28%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 40%, a higher 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 Vosges median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 1.7 people each.
More empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 19%
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 13, where the median compared French town has 11%. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. Here, 7.7% of households have no car. More second homes than in 63% of compared French towns: 3.1%.
In Soncourt, 20% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 95% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Soncourt comes in at 20%. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0% of Soncourt’s residents
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Soncourt ranks above 66% of compared French towns on single residents: 28%
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 45% of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Soncourt sits below 99% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (13%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Soncourt has 44%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Soncourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soncourt | 56.5 | 28% | 3.1% | 0% |
| Neufchâteau 6,732 · 10.1 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 2.2% | 8% |
| Mirecourt 4,700 · 12.1 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Vittel 4,780 · 13.5 mi | 56.6 | 36% | 14% | 5.9% |
| Contrexéville 2,923 · 14.6 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 5.6% | 10% |
| Charmes 4,484 · 17.6 mi | 42.7 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.5% |
| Chaligny 2,729 · 17.8 mi | 49.5 | 25% | 0.6% | 3.4% |
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 Soncourt
What is the population of Soncourt?
42 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (52).
How old are Soncourt’s residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 7% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Soncourt?
1, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Soncourt?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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