Magneux sits above 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (43%)
With households headed by a manual worker at 4.8%, Magneux is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. 5% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 86% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 266 residents locally, living in 98 households. Across Magneux, 1.8% 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.
What stands out about the people of Magneux
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 9.9% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 79% of compared French towns grew faster than Magneux: −2%
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 +3%; the six to 2023, −5%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 12%, a lower share than 97% 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
■ Magneux 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 13% in Magneux and 11% in the typical compared French town. The median age in the town is 42.6, lower than in 62% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 13% in Magneux, less than in 99% of compared French towns
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
Households average 2.7 people. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 9.9%.
In Magneux, 3.1% of homes are second homes, more than in 63% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 17% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.1% (under two years). The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Nothing unusual on empty homes: 7.3%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €27,280 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 €27,280 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
Magneux sits below 88% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (24%)
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
Across Magneux, 10% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Set beside that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of Magneux’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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% 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.
A higher share of married residents than 96% of compared French towns, at 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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Magneux. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 39% in Magneux, more than in 77% 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 the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Magneux has 16%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 266 to 2,582 people, the 10th 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.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Magneux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magneux | 42.6 | 12% | 3.1% | 0% |
| Fismes 5,850 · 1.9 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Fère-en-Tardenois 2,836 · 12.1 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 1.9% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Brice-Courcelles 3,566 · 12.3 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 0.6% | 3.9% |
| Tinqueux 10,771 · 12.8 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 6.1% |
| Bezannes 5,039 · 13.6 mi | 31.7 | 15% | 2.6% | 7% |
| Reims 177,674 · 14.4 mi | 35.1 | 17% | 3.8% | 14% |
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 Magneux
What is the population of Magneux?
266 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (272).
How old are Magneux’s residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Magneux?
3, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Magneux?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Magneux?
€27,280 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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