37% of households are couples with children, more than in 97% of compared French towns
Here 1.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. About one in 33: that is how common households without a car are in Maringes (3%). Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in 84% of compared French towns: 17%. At the 2023 Census, 677 people lived locally, in 270 households.
Throughout this page, the 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 Maringes
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 3.8% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +2% change since 2012: slower than 62% 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
In two steps, ±0% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +3% in Loire.
A median age of 42: Maringes is younger than 66% 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
■ Maringes 42. The median compared French town: 44.
Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% in Maringes.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 23% of households are one person living alone
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 Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
3.8% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.5 people on average.
Maringes sits below 90% of compared French towns for flats (8.2%)
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
Nearly a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.6% moved in within the last two years. Few places have as many second homes: 4.5% here, more than in three quarters of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Maringes, 8.8%.
Median living standard: €25,810 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 €25,810 a year: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
In Maringes, 3.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 94% 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 manual worker: 11%, below just over two thirds of compared French towns. Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 32% in Maringes.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1% of residents are immigrants, below 99% 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.
In Maringes, 0.3% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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.
A higher share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 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
With single residents at 21%, Maringes is behind 85% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 77% of compared French towns: 14%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Maringes has 32%. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 677 to 2,582 people, 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Maringes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maringes | 42 | 17% | 4.5% | 1% |
| Chazelles-sur-Lyon 5,543 · 2.4 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Galmier 5,829 · 4.8 mi | 47.7 | 26% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise 3,785 · 5.3 mi | 47.2 | 29% | 1.7% | 4.6% |
| Montrond-les-Bains 5,652 · 5.6 mi | 48.3 | 29% | 1.7% | 4.4% |
| Veauche 8,975 · 7.3 mi | 47.5 | 27% | 1% | 3.7% |
| Feurs 8,367 · 8.3 mi | 50.7 | 32% | 2% | 6.7% |
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 Maringes
What is the population of Maringes?
677 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (665).
How old are Maringes’ residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maringes?
14, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maringes?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maringes?
€25,810 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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