26% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
The figure for single-parent households is 6.9% in Magenta and 10% in the typical compared French town. Nearly a quarter of households rent social housing (HLM), a higher share than in 84% of compared French towns. This Marne town had 1,680 residents in 870 households at the 2023 census. Locally, 14% of households have no car.
Throughout this page, the Marne 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.
−4% since 2012: slower than 84% 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 −2%; the six to 2023, −2%.
Older than 63% of compared French towns: half of Magenta is over 46
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Magenta 46. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Magenta has 12%. The town has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 56% of compared French towns, at 21%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 86% of compared French towns: 46%
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 Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 1.9 people on average. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Magenta has fewer couples with children than 62% of compared French towns, at 23%.
46% of homes are flats, more than in 70% of compared French towns
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
A fifth of households have been in place 30 years or more; 10% moved in within the last two years. Higher than in 69% of compared French towns: 3.7% of homes are second homes. What’s more, in Magenta, 8% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €24,790 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,790 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
6.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 69% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 30%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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).
7.1% of Magenta’s 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.
The median compared commune in Marne has 4.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 54% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 14 here (7.1%). Little separates the share of foreign nationals here, 4.8%, from the figure 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.
Magenta ranks below 90% of compared French towns on married residents: 35%
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
30% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 79% of compared French towns: 22%
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 24%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
19th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,680 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).
Older than Magenta: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magenta | 46 | 21% | 3.7% | 7.1% |
| Épernay 22,174 · 1 mi | 44 | 23% | 5.2% | 11% |
| Aÿ-Champagne 5,103 · 2.4 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Blancs-Coteaux 3,080 · 10 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 3.9% | 1.9% |
| Bezannes 5,039 · 11.9 mi | 31.7 | 15% | 2.6% | 7% |
| Cormontreuil 6,534 · 12.2 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Tinqueux 10,771 · 13.6 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 6.1% |
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 Magenta
What is the population of Magenta?
1,680 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (1,747).
How old are Magenta’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Magenta?
37, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Magenta?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 80 foreign nationals (4.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Magenta?
€24,790 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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