In Machilly, 1.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 4.3%, below 92% of compared French towns. Machilly had 1,152 residents in 500 households at the 2023 Census. Here, 25% of households are headed by a manual worker. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 4.6%, more than in 75% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Savoie 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 Machilly
Immigrants
INSEE counts 200 immigrants in Machilly (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 18% of residents, against 13% for the median compared commune in Haute-Savoie. 14% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Growing fast
Machilly had 983 residents at the 2012 census and 1,152 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Machilly grew +17% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 86% 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 Haute-Savoie town +14%. The first five years brought +10%; the six to 2023, +6%.
17% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 82% 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
■ Machilly 42. 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 Machilly comes in at 10%. Add to that, with a median age of 42, Machilly is younger than nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Savoie 51.0%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are couples with children, a share 68% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Haute-Savoie median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.2 people. Across Machilly, 31% of households are one person living alone. On single-parent households, Machilly sits higher than 71% of compared French towns: 11%. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children.
In Machilly, 23% of homes are flats, fewer than in 62% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 11%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 19%. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 7.2%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €40,350 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 €40,350 a year: higher than in 99% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 26% in Machilly, less than in 81% 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 manager or professional: 7.4%, below 65% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 91% of compared French towns, at 18%
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 Haute-Savoie has 13%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 91% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in seven: 14% of residents are foreign nationals. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Machilly, 47% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 78% 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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Machilly sits below 55% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (18%)
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
Locally, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,152 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Machilly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machilly | 42 | 17% | 4.6% | 18% |
| Saint-Cergues 3,869 · 1.5 mi | 41.2 | 17% | 6.7% | 18% |
| Bons-en-Chablais 6,343 · 1.8 mi | 38 | 14% | 3.3% | 13% |
| Veigy-Foncenex 4,141 · 3.6 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 19% | 36% |
| Douvaine 6,796 · 3.9 mi | 37 | 14% | 4.6% | 20% |
| Cranves-Sales 7,762 · 4.6 mi | 40.1 | 16% | 4.2% | 15% |
| Ville-la-Grand 9,514 · 5.2 mi | 38.1 | 17% | 3.8% | 25% |
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 Machilly
What is the population of Machilly?
1,152 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (983).
How old are Machilly’s residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Machilly?
27, with occasional dwellings: 4.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Machilly?
INSEE counts 210 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 18% of residents, and 170 foreign nationals (14%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Machilly?
€40,350 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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