A larger share of second homes than 90% of compared French towns: 13%
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Marsanne comes in at 3.2%. Lower than in 87% of compared French towns: 5.2% of households have no car. The town had 1,246 residents in 580 households at the 2023 census. Locally, 8.7% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Marsanne
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 98 second homes and occasional dwellings in Marsanne, 13% of its 730 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 90% 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 Marsanne’s residents are under 50.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats make up 14% in Marsanne, less than in 80% 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
The figure for empty homes is 8% in Marsanne and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 9.7% moved in during the last two years and 18% have stayed three decades or more.
From 2012 to 2023, 56% of compared French towns grew faster than Marsanne: +3%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +11%; from 2017 to 2023, −7%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Drôme town +8%.
Older than 86% of compared French towns: half of Marsanne is over 50.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Marsanne 50.9. The median compared French town: 44.
27% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 83% of compared French towns: 7.8%
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
Average household size: 2.1 people. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few one-person households: 33% here, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns. Couples with children are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 25%.
At the median, €28,810 a year to live on
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 Marsanne’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,810 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
Marsanne sits above 65% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (12%)
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 Marsanne comes in at 34%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 13% here.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3% in Marsanne, less than in 82% 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.
The median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 82% of compared French towns. Census figures put foreign nationals at 2.4% in Marsanne.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, below 96% 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 the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Marsanne, 51%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Marsanne: 34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 64% 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 the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Marsanne has 17%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Every neighbor is younger than Marsanne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsanne | 50.9 | 27% | 13% | 3% |
| Cruas 2,898 · 5.8 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 4.8% | 6.1% |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron 2,592 · 7.2 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 3.7% | 5.2% |
| Loriol-sur-Drôme 6,614 · 8.3 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 1.3% | 9.2% |
| Allex 2,698 · 8.8 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 3.4% | 2% |
| Montélimar 40,595 · 8.9 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Crest 8,658 · 9.1 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 3.9% | 6.5% |
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 Marsanne
What is the population of Marsanne?
1,246 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,205).
How old are Marsanne’s residents?
The median age is 50.9, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marsanne?
98, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marsanne?
INSEE counts 37 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marsanne?
€28,810 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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