Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.3% of homes are flats
29% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 97% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 749 residents in Marolles, living in 320 households. Census figures put one-person households at 27% locally.
Throughout this page, the Calvados 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 Marolles
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 63 second homes and occasional dwellings in Marolles, 16% of its 400 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Marolles ranks above 91% of compared French towns on second homes: 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
In the last two years, 4% of households moved in; at the other end, 25% have stayed 30 years or more. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Households without a car are rarer here than in 92% of compared French towns. Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 4.3% of homes stand empty in Marolles.
From 2012 to 2023, 67% of compared French towns grew faster than Marolles: +1%
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
Here the change came as +3% to 2017, then −2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +1% in Calvados.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 70% of compared French towns: 9.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Marolles 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Marolles has 21%. Meanwhile, the median age here is 44.5, higher than in 53% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 86% of compared French towns, at 7.4%
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 Calvados median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.3 people. More couples with children than in 64% of compared French towns: 28%. On average, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,330 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 median standard of living in Marolles is €26,330 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 4.6% in Marolles, less than in 88% 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
32% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three. On average, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 98% 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.
Here 0.3% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. As a reference point, 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.
In Marolles, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 90% 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 the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Marolles, 46%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 73% of compared French towns, at 24%
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, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Marolles, 16%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 17th 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.
Around Marolles, 5 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marolles | 44.5 | 21% | 16% | 1.2% |
| Lisieux 19,645 · 6.3 mi | 47 | 28% | 2.1% | 6.2% |
| Bernay 9,765 · 10.4 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 4.5% |
| Livarot-Pays-d'Auge 6,207 · 11.7 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 16% | 2.2% |
| Pont-l'Évêque 5,145 · 13.4 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 4.2% | 2.2% |
| Beuzeville 4,704 · 14.3 mi | 43.4 | 25% | 8% | 2.4% |
| Brionne 4,185 · 16.1 mi | 45.9 | 27% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
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 Marolles
What is the population of Marolles?
749 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (744).
How old are Marolles’ residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marolles?
63, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marolles?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marolles?
€26,330 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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