A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.8%
0.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. Marsac’s 350 households held 742 residents at the 2023 Census. Here, 7.1% of residents are 15 to 24. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 4.1%, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Charente 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 Marsac
Fewer residents than in 2012
Marsac had 834 residents at the 2012 census and 742 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Marsac changed by −11% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 98% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −1%; 2017 to 2023, −10%.
Older than 80% of compared French towns: half of Marsac is over 49.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Marsac 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 27%, above 77% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Below 75% of compared French towns: 30% of households are one person living alone
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 Charente median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.2 people. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 25%, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Here, one in ten households are single parents.
Marsac sits below 77% of compared French towns for empty homes (4.8%)
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
Turnover: 5.5% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 35% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Few places have as many second homes: 3.5% here, more than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €27,750 a year per consumption unit
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 €27,750 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
39% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 81% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 manual worker make up 16%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. At 8.7%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is lower than in 55% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.3% of residents are immigrants, below 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.9% in Marsac. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants 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 Marsac, 17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
The share of married residents is 48%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Marsac
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
29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a lower share than in 53% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (742 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Marsac, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsac | 49.2 | 27% | 3.5% | 1.3% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 2.8 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Fléac 3,861 · 5.1 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 5.5 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 6.4 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| Gond-Pontouvre 5,862 · 6.5 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 1.7% | 5.5% |
| Saint-Michel 3,196 · 7.2 mi | 49.8 | 32% | 2.4% | 8.2% |
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 Marsac
What is the population of Marsac?
742 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (834).
How old are Marsac’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marsac?
13, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marsac?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marsac?
€27,750 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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