Matoury is younger than 99% of compared French towns: a median age of 28.8
In Matoury, 30% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. The town’s 12,210 households held 36,512 residents at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a retired person account for 13%. Few places have as many households without a car: 33% here, more than in 97% of compared French towns.
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 Matoury
Immigrants
INSEE counts 12,200 immigrants in Matoury (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 34% of residents, against – for the median compared commune in French Guiana. 40% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A young town
Half of Matoury’s residents are under 28.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are under 15 and 8.6% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Matoury had 29,712 residents at the 2012 census and 36,512 in 2023, up 23%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Matoury grew +23% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 93% 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 +8%, and from 2017 to 2023 +14%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median French Guiana town ±0%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 8.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Matoury 28.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 16%, above 97% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
Matoury ranks below 96% of compared French towns on one-person households: 24%
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
Here 29% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 3 people each.
A higher share of empty homes than 83% of compared French towns, at 11%
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
In Matoury, 14% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. More second homes than in 62% of compared French towns: 3%. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. One in ten households have been in place 30 years or more; 19% moved in within the last two years.
5.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 79% 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
18% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 34%
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 the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Matoury, 40%. On average, 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.
50% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 99% 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
In Matoury, 25% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town.
Matoury: 40% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Matoury. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 34,689 to 38,423 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.
Matoury is the youngest (28.8); Saint-Raphaël the oldest (58.9).
Among its 5 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Matoury
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matoury | 28.8 | 8.6% | 3% | 34% |
| Remire-Montjoly 27,723 · 5.3 mi | 34.8 | 9.6% | 2.8% | 23% |
| Cayenne 62,675 · 6.1 mi | 30 | 9.7% | 4.4% | 36% |
| Roura 3,449 · 8.4 mi | 37.1 | 10% | 21% | 30% |
| Montsinéry-Tonnegrande 3,626 · 11.5 mi | 32.2 | 8.2% | 6.9% | 23% |
| Macouria 19,899 · 15 mi | 26.4 | 5.9% | 2.9% | 27% |
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 Matoury
What is the population of Matoury?
36,512 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% more than in 2012 (29,712).
How old are Matoury’s residents?
The median age is 28.8, younger than 99% of compared French towns. 36% are under 18 and 8.6% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Matoury?
430, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Matoury?
INSEE counts 12,250 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 34% of residents, and 14,480 foreign nationals (40%). 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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