A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.5%
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 4% of households have no car here. The 2023 Census put Marcenais’s population at 863, in 330 households. One-person households account for 21%. Lower than in 85% of compared French towns: 16% of residents are 65 or over.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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 Marcenais
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 8.6% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Marcenais had 726 residents at the 2012 census and 863 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +19% since 2012, faster than 89% 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
In two steps, +6% to 2017 and +12% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +16% in Gironde.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.5%, a lower share than 88% 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
■ Marcenais 42.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.4, Marcenais is younger than 63% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 36% of households are couples with children
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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
Nearly one in ten households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.6 people in the average household.
More second homes than 66% of compared French towns: 3.4%
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
Of all households, 6.9% moved in during the last two years and 24% have stayed three decades or more. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 6.6%.
Standard of living at the median: €26,050 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 midpoint of living standards here is €26,050 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 70% of compared French towns: 17%
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: 7.2%, below 66% of compared French towns. Here, 31% of households are headed by a retired person. 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).
In Marcenais, 4.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 69% 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.
In Marcenais, 4.6% of residents are foreign nationals. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Marcenais, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 93% 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
Married residents: 47% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 74% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Adults with no qualification come to 18% in Marcenais, about two in ten. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 863 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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 2 of the 6 around it: Marcenais
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcenais | 42.4 | 16% | 3.4% | 4.4% |
| Laruscade 2,811 · 3.6 mi | 39.5 | 15% | 1.6% | 3.2% |
| Val de Virvée 3,793 · 3.8 mi | 41.3 | 17% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
| Cézac 2,727 · 4.8 mi | 39.8 | 15% | 1.1% | 3.6% |
| La Lande-de-Fronsac 2,729 · 5.8 mi | 42.4 | 21% | 0.9% | 5.8% |
| Galgon 3,144 · 6 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 1.8% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Yzan-de-Soudiac 2,586 · 6.4 mi | 37.6 | 14% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
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 Marcenais
What is the population of Marcenais?
863 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (726).
How old are Marcenais’ residents?
The median age is 42.4, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marcenais?
13, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marcenais?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 39 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marcenais?
€26,050 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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