Second homes: 30%, a higher share than 95% of compared French towns
20% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. There were 24 households in Saint-Marcory at the 2023 Census, home to 57 residents. The share of empty homes stands at 10%. Flats are rarer here 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 Saint-Marcory
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Marcory, 30% of its 40 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Saint-Marcory’s residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
One home in three in Saint-Marcory is a second home
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 38%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Faster growth than 53% of compared French towns: Saint-Marcory changed by +6% since 2012
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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Dordogne town −1%. The change was −7% from 2012 to 2017 and +14% from 2017 to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.3%, a lower share than 99% 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
■ Saint-Marcory 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 51.3, Saint-Marcory is older than 87% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. 30% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in three.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Only 20% of households are couples with children in Saint-Marcory
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Households here average 2.4 people each. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
20% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Marcory sits above 73% of compared French towns for immigrants (11%)
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.
The share of foreign nationals is 5.3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 15% of residents 15 and over are single in Saint-Marcory
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
Married residents account for 43%. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 17% 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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 87% of compared French towns: 28%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 57 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Saint-Marcory
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 Saint-Marcory
What is the population of Saint-Marcory?
57 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (54).
How old are Saint-Marcory’s residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Marcory?
12, with occasional dwellings: 30% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Marcory?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (5.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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