Households without a car make up 2.1% in Marcillé, less than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Marcillé has 1.3%. Census day 2023: 725 residents and 330 households in the town. Here, 28% of households are one person living alone. The median age here is 48.8, higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Deux-Sèvres 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 Marcillé
Fewer residents than in 2012
Marcillé had 758 residents at the 2012 census and 725 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Marcillé’s population moved −4% on 2012, less than in 86% 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 median Deux-Sèvres town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six −5%.
24% of residents are 65 or over, a share 64% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Marcillé 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
10% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Marcillé: 20% of households are single parents, above 99% 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 Deux-Sèvres median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, a fifth of households are couples with children here. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.2 people.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.9% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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: 5.1% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 30% have lived in their home 30 years or more. At 4.5%, the share of second homes is higher than in 74% of compared French towns. The usual figure: just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 6.4%.
€24,180 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.
The median standard of living in Marcillé is €24,180 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Marcillé sits below 63% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (7.5%)
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Marcillé, 31%. Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker account for 12%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.2% of residents are immigrants, below 80% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals here. The wider picture: 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.
Married residents make up 47% in Marcillé, more than in 77% 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
Across Marcillé, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 23% in Marcillé, less than in 77% of compared French towns
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 account for 19%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 725 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Marcillé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcillé | 48.8 | 24% | 4.5% | 3.2% |
| Melle 5,752 · 2.4 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 4.3% | 3.7% |
| Celles-sur-Belle 3,829 · 6.3 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Aigondigné 4,710 · 9.9 mi | 43.7 | 18% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Vouillé 3,566 · 14.3 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.9% | 2.4% |
| La Crèche 5,662 · 14.9 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 1.1% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Maixent-l'École 7,595 · 15.9 mi | 35.5 | 21% | 2.7% | 7.6% |
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 Marcillé
What is the population of Marcillé?
725 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (758).
How old are Marcillé’s residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marcillé?
16, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marcillé?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marcillé?
€24,180 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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