Margueray: 26% of homes stand empty, above 99% of compared French towns
28% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Margueray counted 119 residents and 54 households at the 2023 Census. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 55%. Lower than in 69% of compared French towns: 7.5% of households have no car.
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 Margueray
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Margueray, 14% of its 90 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Margueray had 136 residents at the 2012 census and 119 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 23 homes empty (26%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Margueray ranks above 90% of compared French towns on second homes: 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
One household in 13 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). In the last two years, nearly one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 30% have stayed 30 years or more. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Margueray’s population moved −13% on 2012, less than in 98% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −4%; 2017 to 2023, −9%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Manche town ±0%.
Half of Margueray is over 47.3, older than 71% 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
■ Margueray 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Margueray has 9.5%.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 76 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Margueray sits above 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (18%)
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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children; in Margueray, 27%. What’s more, at 36%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 55% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.2 people on average.
A typical living standard of €25,000 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 €25,000 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 75% of compared French towns: 18%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 78% of compared French towns: 3.4%
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.
Foreign nationals account for 4.3%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 95% of compared French towns: 52%
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Margueray has 23%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 13%, a lower share than 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
Here 26% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 119 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Margueray
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margueray | 47.3 | 28% | 14% | 3.4% |
| Percy-en-Normandie 2,641 · 3.2 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 6.3% | 4.1% |
| Noues de Sienne 4,207 · 6.3 mi | 51.8 | 28% | 12% | 4.9% |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny 3,903 · 6.4 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
| Bourgvallées 3,326 · 10.3 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 3.3% | 2.1% |
| Torigny-les-Villes 4,444 · 10.6 mi | 45.4 | 25% | 2.6% | 1.1% |
| Condé-sur-Vire 4,137 · 11.2 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 1.4% |
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 Margueray
What is the population of Margueray?
119 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (136).
How old are Margueray’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Margueray?
12, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Margueray?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Margueray?
€25,000 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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