A larger share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 43%
With households without a car at 3.1%, Soindres is behind 98% of compared French towns on that count. The town’s 270 households held 757 residents at the 2023 Census. About one in seven: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Soindres (15%). Few places have so few flats: 8.5% here, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Yvelines 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 Soindres
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 18% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Soindres had 628 residents at the 2012 census and 757 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +21% since 2012, faster than 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
Over those years, the median Yvelines town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +8%, then +12% to 2023.
Younger than 82% of compared French towns: half of Soindres is under 39.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Soindres 39.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Soindres sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Only 18% of households are one person living alone in Soindres
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 Yvelines median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Soindres has 18%. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
0.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 99% 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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Soindres has 5.2%. 1.5% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 64% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 23%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €32,250 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €32,250 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 92% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 89% of compared French towns: 23%
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
In Soindres, just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town. About one in seven: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Soindres (14%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 9.7% in Soindres, more than in 69% 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.
On the census count, 4.2% of residents are foreign nationals. The wider picture: 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.
53% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 97% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 24% of residents 15 and over are single here. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Only 10% of adults out of school have no qualification in Soindres
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 Soindres, 42% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Soindres sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soindres | 39.4 | 15% | 1.5% | 9.7% |
| Magnanville 6,383 · 1.2 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 0.5% | 16% |
| Buchelay 3,360 · 1.8 mi | 38.3 | 18% | 1.5% | 16% |
| Mantes-la-Ville 22,332 · 2.1 mi | 35.2 | 14% | 0.7% | 24% |
| Mantes-la-Jolie 43,526 · 2.9 mi | 35.1 | 15% | 0.5% | 30% |
| Rosny-sur-Seine 7,328 · 3.5 mi | 37 | 14% | 1.1% | 20% |
| Limay 17,885 · 4 mi | 35.2 | 13% | 0.6% | 23% |
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 Soindres
What is the population of Soindres?
757 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (628).
How old are Soindres’ residents?
The median age is 39.4, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Soindres?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Soindres?
INSEE counts 73 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.7% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Soindres?
€32,250 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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