0.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
3.3% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Across Martiel, 4.4% of households have no car. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 6.5% here, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. There were 470 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 1,008 residents.
Throughout this page, the Aveyron 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 Martiel
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Martiel, 16% of its 640 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 24%. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Martiel has more empty homes than 84% of compared French towns, at 11%.
From 2012 to 2023, 55% of compared French towns grew faster than Martiel: +4%
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
A median age of 50.5: Martiel is older than 84% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Martiel 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 28%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 6.3% in Martiel, less than in 94% 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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.1 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. Lower than in 56% of compared French towns: 34% of households are one person living alone. On couples with children, 25% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €23,160 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 Martiel’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,160 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
5.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 84% 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
Here 16% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. At the same time, households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 66% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Martiel, 3.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 76% 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.
In Martiel, 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Martiel, 23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 68% 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
In Martiel, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 61% of compared French towns: 21%
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
At 30%, the share of graduates of higher education is lower than in 51% of compared French towns. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 1,008 to 2,582 people: this is the 13th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 3 towns nearest Martiel, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martiel | 50.5 | 28% | 16% | 3.7% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 5.9 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 5.4% | 11% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 15.8 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 17.2 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
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 Martiel
What is the population of Martiel?
1,008 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (972).
How old are Martiel’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 84% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Martiel?
100, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Martiel?
INSEE counts 37 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 34 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Martiel?
€23,160 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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