Flats: 1.8%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 2.9%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 355 residents and 170 households in Marcilly. Households without a car: 4.8% of the total. Few places have so few couples with children: 21% here, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Manche 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 Marcilly
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 32 second homes and occasional dwellings in Marcilly, 14% of its 230 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 28 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 91% of compared French towns, at 14%
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 Marcilly, just over one in ten homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. At the same time, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 6.6% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 31% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Marcilly’s population moved −3% on 2012, less than in 81% 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 first five years brought −10%; the six to 2023, +8%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Manche town ±0%.
In Marcilly, 8.8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 85% 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
■ Marcilly 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. By contrast, with a median age of 43.2, Marcilly is younger than 56% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Above 63% of compared French towns: 38% 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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. Nearly one in ten households are single parents, fewer than in 69% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A median of €24,800 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €24,800 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
47% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 95% 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: 18% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 95% of compared French towns: 1.7% of residents are immigrants
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.
0.8% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 22% 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
41% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 82% 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
In Marcilly, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 355 to 2,582 people, the 12th 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.
Marcilly 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcilly | 43.2 | 24% | 14% | 1.7% |
| Ducey-Les Chéris 2,784 · 2.9 mi | 51.6 | 31% | 4.8% | 2% |
| Isigny-le-Buat 3,183 · 3.8 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 11% | 3.6% |
| Avranches 10,143 · 5.3 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 4.3% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët 5,770 · 8.2 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 6.1% | 2.7% |
| Grandparigny 2,605 · 8.5 mi | 54.9 | 32% | 5.1% | 2.5% |
| Saint-James 5,018 · 10.3 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 7.6% | 2.9% |
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 Marcilly
What is the population of Marcilly?
355 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (365).
How old are Marcilly’s residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marcilly?
32, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marcilly?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marcilly?
€24,800 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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