A median age of 57.4: Margueron is older than 97% of compared French towns
Second homes: 9.4%, above 87% of compared French towns. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 5.4%, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 365 people lived in Margueron, in 190 households. For Margueron, the census puts flats at 10%.
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 Margueron
An older town
Half of Margueron’s residents are under 57.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: +3% since 2012, behind 56% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +12%, and from 2017 to 2023 −8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gironde town +16%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 33% in Margueron, more than in 91% 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
■ Margueron 57.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Margueron comes in at 9.9%. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Margueron sits below 87% of compared French towns for couples with children (16%)
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 share of one-person households is 41%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.9 people.
1.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 98% 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
Without a car: one household in seven, against 11% in the median compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households in social housing come to 12%. One in ten homes stand empty. More households without a car than in 64% of compared French towns: 14%.
Median standard of living: €23,750 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 median standard of living in Margueron is €23,750 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
Margueron: 46% of households are headed by a retired person, above 94% 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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 5.4% in Margueron. Elsewhere, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Here, 11% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 10% in Margueron, more 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.
6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Margueron. The median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 77% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 22% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 45% of residents 15 and over are married here. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
In Margueron, 27% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 365 to 2,582 people
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).
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Margueron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margueron | 57.4 | 33% | 9.4% | 12% |
| Pineuilh 4,490 · 4.9 mi | 53.9 | 35% | 3.2% | 9% |
| Sainte-Foy-la-Grande 2,507 · 5.5 mi | 46.9 | 31% | 2.7% | 21% |
| Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt 2,520 · 6.1 mi | 55.2 | 36% | 5.9% | 8.9% |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin 2,742 · 8.1 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 3.9% | 4.6% |
| La Force 2,702 · 9.3 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.4% | 4.2% |
| Eymet 2,569 · 9.7 mi | 61.2 | 42% | 14% | 19% |
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 Margueron
What is the population of Margueron?
365 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (353).
How old are Margueron’s residents?
The median age is 57.4, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Margueron?
22, with occasional dwellings: 9.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Margueron?
INSEE counts 43 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 37 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Margueron?
€23,750 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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