Marquein is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.2
The share of flats trails 99% of compared French towns: 2.4%. Meanwhile, on households headed by a manager or professional, Marquein sits higher than 98% of compared French towns: 33%. For Marquein, the census puts single-parent households at 50%.
Throughout this page, the Aude 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 Marquein
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 7 second homes and occasional dwellings in Marquein, 16% of its 43 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Marquein’s residents are under 55.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 91% of compared French towns: 16%
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: 3%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 21%. 6.7% of homes stand empty, more than in 50% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Marquein behind 59% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +8%, then −5% to 2023.
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 96% of compared French towns: 16%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Marquein 55.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 31% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of one-person households than 59% of compared French towns, at 33%
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 Aude median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.3 people.
Marquein sits above 67% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (17%)
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 account for 33%. To put it in context, 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).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 70% of compared French towns: 2.6%
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.
7.8% of residents are immigrants (typical compared French town: 6.5%). That is higher than in 59% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
In Marquein, 36% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 87% 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
More single residents than in 58% of compared French towns: 26%. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 87% of compared French towns: 44%
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
Adults with no qualification make up 13%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 78 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Marquein
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquein | 55.2 | 31% | 16% | 7.8% |
| Mazères 3,852 · 4.5 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
| Nailloux 4,211 · 6.4 mi | 37.7 | 14% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Villefranche-de-Lauragais 5,072 · 6.9 mi | 43.2 | 20% | 1.8% | 5% |
| Saverdun 4,808 · 8.8 mi | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 7.3% |
| Cintegabelle 3,006 · 9.5 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 3.2% | 4.5% |
| Ayguesvives 2,812 · 11.3 mi | 42.5 | 15% | 1% | 3.7% |
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 Marquein
What is the population of Marquein?
78 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (76).
How old are Marquein’s residents?
The median age is 55.2, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marquein?
7, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marquein?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.8% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (2.6%). 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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