Younger than 99% of compared French towns: half of Macouria is under 26.4
Here 29% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. 7.5% of households are headed by a retired person. On households in social housing, Macouria sits higher than 87% of compared French towns: 26%. Its 6,390 households held 19,899 residents at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the French Guiana 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 Macouria
A young town
Half of Macouria’s residents are under 26.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are under 15 and 5.9% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 5,400 immigrants in Macouria (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 27% of residents, against – for the median compared commune in French Guiana. 31% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Growing fast
Macouria had 10,358 residents at the 2012 census and 19,899 in 2023, up 92%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 1,020 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Macouria grew +92% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median French Guiana town ±0%. The first five years brought +37%; the six to 2023, +40%.
Macouria ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 5.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Macouria 26.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 16% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
Macouria ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 21%
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 French Guiana median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 3.1 people each. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 33%, more than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. 30% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes make up 13% in Macouria, more than in 92% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of homes are flats here. 2.9% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 60% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Below 73% of compared French towns: 6.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 17%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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).
Macouria: 27% of residents are immigrants, above 97% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 31%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 55%
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, the share of married residents is 43%; Macouria has 24%. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 38%, a higher share than 99% 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
With graduates of higher education at 21%, Macouria is behind just over four fifths of compared French towns on that count. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 19,251 to 20,566 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.
Macouria is the youngest (26.4); Royan the oldest (64.5).
No nearby town is as young as Macouria
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macouria | 26.4 | 5.9% | 2.9% | 27% |
| Montsinéry-Tonnegrande 3,626 · 8.4 mi | 32.2 | 8.2% | 6.9% | 23% |
| Cayenne 62,675 · 10.9 mi | 30 | 9.7% | 4.4% | 36% |
| Matoury 36,512 · 15 mi | 28.8 | 8.6% | 3% | 34% |
| Kourou 24,824 · 15.3 mi | 28.3 | 6.4% | 6.4% | 32% |
| Remire-Montjoly 27,723 · 15.5 mi | 34.8 | 9.6% | 2.8% | 23% |
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 Macouria
What is the population of Macouria?
19,899 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 92% more than in 2012 (10,358).
How old are Macouria’s residents?
The median age is 26.4, younger than 99% of compared French towns. 39% are under 18 and 5.9% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Macouria?
220, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Macouria?
INSEE counts 5,390 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 27% of residents, and 6,220 foreign nationals (31%). 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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