38% of households are couples with children, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
Here 17% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. There were 200 households in Marray at the 2023 Census, home to 496 residents. Census figures put households in social housing at 2.5% in the town. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 3.6%, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Indre-et-Loire 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 Marray
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 26 second homes and occasional dwellings in Marray, 10% of its 250 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 5% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Marray’s residents are under 36.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2%
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
One in ten homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%. Put another way, about one in ten: 10% of homes are second homes.
Marray grew +16% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 85% 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 Indre-et-Loire town +5%.
A median age of 36.9: Marray is younger than 92% 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
■ Marray 36.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 16%, Marray is behind 89% of compared French towns on that count. Across Marray, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 94% 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 Indre-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.5 people. Few places have so few single-parent households: 5% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
€25,240 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Half of Marray’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,240 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Only 2.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Marray
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 tops 91% of compared French towns: 23%. To put it in context, nearly one in ten 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 96% of compared French towns, at 1.6%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Marray has 0.8%. 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.
Below 72% of compared French towns: 23% 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
Across Marray, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
7.3% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (35%), Marray is above two thirds of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 496 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 Marray (36.9), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Marray is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marray | 36.9 | 16% | 10% | 1.6% |
| Monnaie 4,833 · 9.3 mi | 40.4 | 16% | 1.2% | 3.6% |
| Château-Renault 4,392 · 9.9 mi | 50.8 | 29% | 2.2% | 5.7% |
| Chanceaux-sur-Choisille 3,499 · 10 mi | 48.4 | 23% | 1% | 3.7% |
| Notre-Dame-d'Oé 4,515 · 11.4 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 0.6% | 3.8% |
| Montoire-sur-le-Loir 3,646 · 12.2 mi | 58.8 | 40% | 6.6% | 3% |
| Parçay-Meslay 2,574 · 12.4 mi | 45 | 21% | 1.3% | 3.6% |
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 Marray
What is the population of Marray?
496 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (426).
How old are Marray’s residents?
The median age is 36.9, younger than 92% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marray?
26, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marray?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marray?
€25,240 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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