Marcheprime ranks above 96% of compared French towns on couples with children: 37%
24% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over account for 14%. At 7.5%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Marcheprime’s population at 5,696, in 2,310 households.
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 Marcheprime
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 5.9% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Marcheprime had 4,532 residents at the 2012 census and 5,696 in 2023, up 26%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Marcheprime outgrew 95% of compared French towns: +26%
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 Gironde town changed +16% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +4% and the next six +21%.
Marcheprime is younger than 69% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Marcheprime 41.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Little separates the share of residents aged 15 to 24 here, 11%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
24% of households are one person living alone, below 96% of compared French towns
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
The typical household size is 2.4 people. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 5.9%, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car make up 4.2% in Marcheprime, less than in 93% 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
4.3% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Against that, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Across Marcheprime, 13% of homes are flats. The town has fewer second homes than 82% of compared French towns, at 0.9%.
A typical living standard of €28,150 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €28,150 a year: higher than in 72% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 7.0%.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 12% in Marcheprime, more than in 62% 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 manual worker account for 14%. To put it in context, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 67% 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 Gironde has 5.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in two thirds of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 2.8% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 36.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 85% of compared French towns, at 48%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single in Marcheprime. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school have no 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
Nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
6th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 5,657 to 5,732
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 Valdahon (35.2), the oldest Cancale (57.6).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Marcheprime
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 Marcheprime
What is the population of Marcheprime?
5,696 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% more than in 2012 (4,532).
How old are Marcheprime’s residents?
The median age is 41.4, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marcheprime?
23, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marcheprime?
INSEE counts 270 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 160 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marcheprime?
€28,150 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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