Households without a car: 1.7%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person make up 17%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 13: 7.7% of residents are 15 to 24. Few places have as many one-person households: 42% here, more than in 75% of compared French towns. Marcenay counted 108 residents and 55 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Côte-d'Or 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 Marcenay
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Marcenay, 25% of its 100 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 80% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 21 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Marcenay’s residents are under 51.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
20% of homes stand empty, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
A quarter of homes are second homes (Côte-d'Or median 1.8%, France median 2.1%) and 20% are empty (6.7%). Long tenure is the mark of 23% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.3% (under two years).
From 2012 to 2023, 66% of compared French towns grew faster than Marcenay: +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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −8%, then +10% to 2023. Over those years, the median Côte-d'Or town changed −2% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Marcenay is over 51.2, older than 87% 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
■ Marcenay 51.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In Marcenay, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 76% of compared French towns: 8.3%
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 Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2 people in the average household. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. A quarter of households are couples with children, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €23,030 a year in standard of living
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.
Living standards centre on €23,030 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
Marcenay ranks above 67% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 17%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.4% of residents are immigrants, below 78% 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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 29 here (3.4%). 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.
A higher share of married residents than 69% of compared French towns, at 46%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single here. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 72% of compared French towns: 24% 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
Roughly two in ten: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 108 to 2,582
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.
Marcenay is younger than 1 of its 3 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcenay | 51.2 | 22% | 25% | 3.4% |
| Châtillon-sur-Seine 5,443 · 7.9 mi | 48.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 12% |
| Montbard 4,639 · 16.6 mi | 52.9 | 33% | 3.8% | 7.3% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 17.5 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
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 Marcenay
What is the population of Marcenay?
108 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (107).
How old are Marcenay’s residents?
The median age is 51.2, older than 87% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marcenay?
26, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marcenay?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marcenay?
€23,030 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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