A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.1%
Households in social housing make up 2.4%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Marmagne is home to 1,963 residents in 910 households, by the 2023 Census. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 7.5%. 3.8% of households have no car, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Cher 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 Marmagne
An older town
Half of Marmagne’s residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 80% of compared French towns: Marmagne changed by −3% since 2012
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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Cher town −4%.
Marmagne is older than 86% of compared French towns: a median age of 51
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Marmagne 51. The median compared French town: 44.
27% of Marmagne’s residents are 65 or older, against 29% in the median Cher town and 22% in the median compared French town; 19% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Marmagne sits below 78% of compared French towns for one-person households (30%)
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 Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.2 people each. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Fewer single-parent households than in 84% of compared French towns: 7.7%. Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 26% of households are couples with children here.
A larger share of second homes than 71% of compared French towns: 4%
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
5.7% of households moved in less than two years ago; 27% have been in their home 30 years or more. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Fewer empty homes than in 63% of compared French towns: 5.8%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,450 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 Marmagne’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,450 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 74% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 7.0% of residents.
39% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 80% 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
Here 7.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. The census found that 15% of households are headed by a manual worker in Marmagne. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.9%, a lower share than 83% 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.
1.5% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. By way of comparison, 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.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, below 94% 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, the share of married residents is 43%; Marmagne has 47%. To put it in context, 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 Marmagne
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, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Marmagne, 33%. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,963 to 2,582 people), the 11th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Marmagne, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marmagne | 51 | 27% | 4% | 2.9% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 3.1 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Doulchard 9,647 · 4.1 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 0.8% | 7% |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre 6,380 · 4.2 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 2.1% | 7.4% |
| Bourges 64,186 · 5.8 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 11% |
| Trouy 4,055 · 6.1 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 1% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Florent-sur-Cher 6,463 · 7.3 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 3% | 6.7% |
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 Marmagne
What is the population of Marmagne?
1,963 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (2,017).
How old are Marmagne’s residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marmagne?
41, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marmagne?
INSEE counts 57 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marmagne?
€28,450 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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