Flats: 2.3%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Marolles has 4.7%. Here, 3.7% of households rent social housing (HLM). With a median age of 48.6, Marolles is older than 77% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Marolles was home to 714 people in 320 households.
Throughout this page, the Loir-et-Cher 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 Marolles
Fewer residents than in 2012
Marolles had 747 residents at the 2012 census and 714 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −4% since 2012, behind 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
The median Loir-et-Cher town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −3% and the next six −2%.
In Marolles, 26% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 73% 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
■ Marolles 48.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.1%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 85% of compared French towns, at 28%
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 Loir-et-Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
By its share of couples with children (23%), Marolles is below 62% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.2 people on average. On single-parent households, Marolles sits higher than 60% of compared French towns: 11%.
97% of homes are houses
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
Turnover: 6.8% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 37% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 7.3%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,620 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.
At €27,620 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 67% of compared French towns.
39% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 80% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 manual worker: 15% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%. Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Marolles, 1% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 95% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loir-et-Cher has 6%. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 40: that is how common immigrants are in Marolles (2.5%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 95% of compared French towns, at 51%
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 Marolles, a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
23% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 68% 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
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 714 to 2,582
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.
Of the 6 towns nearest Marolles, 3 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marolles | 48.6 | 26% | 2% | 2.5% |
| Villebarou 2,584 · 1.7 mi | 44.6 | 20% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| La Chaussée-Saint-Victor 4,471 · 3.4 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 1.7% | 6.3% |
| Blois 47,219 · 4.1 mi | 39 | 20% | 4.3% | 19% |
| Vineuil 8,064 · 5.6 mi | 47.9 | 27% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt 3,180 · 6.1 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1% | 5.2% |
| Chailles 2,726 · 8.1 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 2.3% | 4.3% |
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 Marolles
What is the population of Marolles?
714 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (747).
How old are Marolles’ residents?
The median age is 48.6, older than 77% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marolles?
7, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marolles?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marolles?
€27,620 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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