Only 2.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Mariol
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Mariol’s population at 679, in 340 households. The census found that 2.5% of homes are flats locally. In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Mariol has 5.5%.
Throughout this page, the Allier 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 Mariol
Fewer residents than in 2012
Mariol had 758 residents at the 2012 census and 679 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Mariol’s residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Mariol changed by −10% from 2012 to 2023, behind 97% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Allier town −1%.
Older than 88% of compared French towns: half of Mariol is over 51.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mariol 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Mariol, 27%. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, or about one in 11.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 19% of households are couples with children
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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Mariol, 39%. On the census count, nearly one in ten households are single parents. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Mariol sits above 75% of compared French towns for empty homes (9.3%)
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 18, where the median compared French town has 11%. Higher than in 71% of compared French towns: 4% of homes are second homes. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Households that moved in under two years ago: 7.8%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 29%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,840 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.
Half of Mariol’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,840 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Mariol ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 27%
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 retired person: 37%, above 75% of compared French towns. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Mariol, 3.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 78% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Mariol has 2.4%. Against 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 smaller share of single residents than 82% of compared French towns: 21%
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
45% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 91% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Mariol has 22%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
10th highest median age among 41 French towns of 679 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Mariol
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mariol | 51.5 | 27% | 4% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Yorre 2,641 · 3.5 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.2% | 3.4% |
| Puy-Guillaume 2,630 · 4.1 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 2.7% | 4% |
| Abrest 2,915 · 5.7 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Bellerive-sur-Allier 8,943 · 7.9 mi | 53 | 34% | 4.9% | 7.7% |
| Vichy 25,115 · 8.1 mi | 53.1 | 37% | 8.5% | 11% |
| Cusset 13,316 · 8.2 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 1.9% | 10% |
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 Mariol
What is the population of Mariol?
679 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (758).
How old are Mariol’s residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mariol?
16, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mariol?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mariol?
€25,840 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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