Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Children make up 18% of Margerides, above Corrèze’s towns and compared French towns
People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town, below both Corrèze’s towns (27%) and compared French towns (22%). Young adults of 15 to 24 are just over a tenth of the population. Graduates make up 20% of adults.
42.6median age
MargeridesCorrèze medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
11%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma10%
CAP or BEP44%
Baccalauréat22%
Higher education20%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Corrèze median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commute
Fewer commuters in Margerides walk, cycle or take the bus or train than in Corrèze’s towns or compared French towns: 1.6%
Per resident in work, Margerides counts 0.4 jobs (50 jobs, 150 workers). Half of residents lived on more than €24,570 a year per consumption unit, about level with Corrèze’s towns (€24,150) and below compared French towns (€25,970). At the census, 4.0% of working residents in Margerides didn’t travel to work at all.
2%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving94%
On foot1%
Public transport1%
Motorbike or scooter1%
Bicycle0%
50
jobs based in Margerides, 0.4 per working resident
9.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,570
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
About Margerides
Commune in Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Margerides is a commune of 271 people in the Communauté de communes Haute-Corrèze Communauté. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
