Marquay is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 55.3
The share of households in social housing trails 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%. Marquay had 588 residents in 290 households at the 2023 census. 5.3% of households are single parents, or about one in 19. Lower than in 93% of compared French towns: 4.2% of households have no car.
Throughout this page, the Dordogne 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 Marquay
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Marquay, 28% of its 410 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Marquay’s residents are under 55.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
28% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% 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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 3.6% of homes stand empty in Marquay. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 2.9% of homes are flats here.
Since 2012, Marquay has changed by +1%, slower than 66% 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
Only 7% of residents are 15 to 24 in Marquay
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Marquay 55.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 92% of compared French towns: 34%. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 21% of households are couples with children
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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.1 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. One-person households: 35%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median of €25,750 a year per consumption unit
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 Marquay’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,750 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Marquay: 47% of households are headed by a retired person, above 95% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 5.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%. On the census count, 8.8% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Marquay, 4.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 69% 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 23 here (4.3%). The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, below 98% 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 Marquay, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 59% of compared French towns: 27%
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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (588 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Marquay and its 5 nearest towns: 2 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marquay | 55.3 | 34% | 28% | 4.4% |
| Sarlat-la-Canéda 8,763 · 5.4 mi | 55 | 34% | 19% | 9.1% |
| Montignac-Lascaux 2,762 · 8.8 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 22% | 5.4% |
| Le Bugue 2,663 · 10.1 mi | 61 | 43% | 17% | 7.7% |
| Terrasson-Lavilledieu 6,218 · 15.5 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 16.8 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
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 Marquay
What is the population of Marquay?
588 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (582).
How old are Marquay’s residents?
The median age is 55.3, older than 94% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marquay?
110, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marquay?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marquay?
€25,750 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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