A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.4%
By its share of flats (5.8%), Margès is below 94% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Margès was home to 1,067 people in 440 households. 7.8% of residents are 15 to 24. On households in social housing, Margès sits lower than 84% of compared French towns: 5.4%.
Throughout this page, the Drôme 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 Margès
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 6.9% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Margès outgrew 55% of compared French towns: +6%
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 change was +15% from 2012 to 2017 and −8% from 2017 to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 69% of compared French towns: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Margès 44.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.1, Margès is older than half of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Margès sits below 98% of compared French towns for one-person households (23%)
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 Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Margès has 6.9%. Few places have as many couples with children: 35% here, more than in 92% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of empty homes than 76% of compared French towns: 4.9%
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 7.4% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 19%. Higher than in 64% of compared French towns: 3.2% of homes are second homes. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €26,500 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.
At €26,500 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
In Margès, 22% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 89% 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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Margès comes in at 28%. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 7.6%. 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).
Only 3.3% of residents are immigrants in Margès
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 median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. On the census count, 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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: 55%, above 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Margès sits below 74% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (15%)
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
Graduates of higher education make up 27%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 1,067 to 2,582 people, the 16th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Margès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margès | 44.1 | 19% | 3.2% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Donat-sur-l'Herbasse 4,193 · 3.1 mi | 46.5 | 25% | 3.3% | 3.3% |
| Peyrins 2,613 · 3.2 mi | 47.3 | 23% | 4.1% | 3% |
| Mours-Saint-Eusèbe 3,424 · 5.1 mi | 48.1 | 27% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Romans-sur-Isère 33,464 · 6.5 mi | 45 | 25% | 1.8% | 13% |
| Bourg-de-Péage 9,921 · 7.5 mi | 46.4 | 25% | 0.7% | 8.3% |
| Mercurol-Veaunes 2,816 · 8.6 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 4.5% | 2.2% |
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 Margès
What is the population of Margès?
1,067 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (1,006).
How old are Margès’ residents?
The median age is 44.1, older than 50% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Margès?
15, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Margès?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Margès?
€26,500 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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