A median age of 57.8: Marsalès is older than 97% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Marsalès has 1.2%. Its 110 households held 223 residents at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a retired person account for 70%. 2.6% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Marsalès
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 29 second homes and occasional dwellings in Marsalès, 17% of its 170 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 93% 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 Marsalès’ residents are under 57.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Marsalès had 243 residents at the 2012 census and 223 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 26 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 17% of homes are second homes
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
26% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.6% moved in within the last two years. On empty homes, Marsalès sits higher than 96% of compared French towns: 15%. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Marsalès’s population moved −8% on 2012, less than in 95% 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 first five years brought −4%; the six to 2023, −5%.
Marsalès sits above 97% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (39%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Marsalès 57.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 7.6% in Marsalès. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A larger share of single-parent households than 87% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Couples with children are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. Roughly four in ten: nearly two in five households are one person living alone.
Standard of living at the median: €23,190 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.
The median standard of living in Marsalès is €23,190 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 84% of compared French towns: 8.7%
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. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 10% in Marsalès, more than in 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 72% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%. By way of comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 10% of residents are immigrants here.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Marsalès, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 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
Here 52% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Marsalès, 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 93% 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
In Marsalès, nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 223 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 2 of the 4 towns around Marsalès are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Marsalès
What is the population of Marsalès?
223 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (243).
How old are Marsalès’ residents?
The median age is 57.8, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marsalès?
29, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marsalès?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marsalès?
€23,190 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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