Half of Marthon is over 53.8, older than 92% of compared French towns
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 14% of households are couples with children in Marthon. This Charente town has fewer households in social housing than 94% of compared French towns, at 3%. 554 residents in 270 households: that is Marthon at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 5.8% of households have no car.
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 Marthon
An older town
Half of Marthon’s residents are under 53.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 54 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Marthon had 586 residents at the 2012 census and 554 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Marthon has changed by −5%, slower than 89% 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
4.9% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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
■ Marthon 53.8. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 34% in Marthon. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Single-parent households: 7.1%, a lower share than 89% 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 Charente 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 Marthon, 42%. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The average household has 1.9 people.
Empty homes: 16%, a higher share than 97% of compared French towns
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 17, where the median compared French town has 11%. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. 15% of homes are flats. Marthon has more second homes than 61% of compared French towns, at 2.9%.
€24,770 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Marthon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,770 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Marthon ranks above 76% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 15%
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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 37% in Marthon and 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker account for 12%. 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).
Fewer immigrants than 74% of compared French towns: 3.9%
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.
The median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 74% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 29: 3.5% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 86% 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
Roughly four in ten: 42% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 23%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 554 to 2,582 people
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.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Marthon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marthon | 53.8 | 34% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 9.2 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| Magnac-sur-Touvre 3,255 · 10.6 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 2% | 3.3% |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 11.6 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
| Brie 4,125 · 11.8 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Nontron 3,057 · 12.1 mi | 54.9 | 35% | 10% | 6.8% |
| Soyaux 10,087 · 12.4 mi | 42 | 23% | 1.5% | 16% |
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 Marthon
What is the population of Marthon?
554 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (586).
How old are Marthon’s residents?
The median age is 53.8, older than 92% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marthon?
10, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marthon?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marthon?
€24,770 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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