A median age of 60: Marseillan is older than 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Marseillan counted 82 residents and 45 households at the 2023 Census. Couples with children make up about one in nine here (11%). In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person; locally, 44%.
Throughout this page, the Gers 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 Marseillan
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 6 second homes and occasional dwellings in Marseillan, 10% of its 58 homes: higher than in 88% 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 Marseillan’s residents are under 60 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Marseillan had 102 residents at the 2012 census and 82 in 2023, down 20%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Marseillan (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 16% of residents, against 7.9% for the median compared commune in Gers. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 10% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. About one in eight: that is how common empty homes are in Marseillan (12%). In Marseillan, 6.7% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Marseillan changed by −20% from 2012 to 2023, behind 99% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −12%; 2017 to 2023, −9%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Gers town ±0%.
In Marseillan, 37% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 96% 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
■ Marseillan 60. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 96% of compared French towns: 7.3%. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 22%
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 Gers median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 1.8 people on average. On one-person households, Marseillan sits lower than nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 33%. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%.
Households headed by a manual worker: 11%, a lower share than 70% 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. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
16% of residents are immigrants, more than in 87% 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 Gers has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 87% of compared French towns. Across Marseillan, 15% of residents are foreign nationals. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Married residents make up 52% in Marseillan, more than in 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
Single residents: 22% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 31% in Marseillan, more than in 92% 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, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Marseillan, 21%. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (82 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Marseillan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marseillan | 60 | 37% | 10% | 16% |
| Mirande 3,457 · 5.1 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 3.8% | 7.9% |
| Vic-en-Bigorre 4,845 · 14.6 mi | 55.9 | 37% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Pavie 2,566 · 16.4 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.7% | 5.8% |
| Auch 22,428 · 17.8 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
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 Marseillan
What is the population of Marseillan?
82 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% fewer than in 2012 (102).
How old are Marseillan’s residents?
The median age is 60, older than 98% of compared French towns. 9.8% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marseillan?
6, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marseillan?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (15%). 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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