Households without a car: 1.9%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The share of one-person households trails 97% of compared French towns: 23%. For Marson, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.2%. This Marne town has more households headed by a manual worker than 88% of compared French towns, at 21%. There were 120 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 277 residents.
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 Marson
Fewer residents than in 2012
Marson had 296 residents at the 2012 census and 277 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 92% of compared French towns: Marson changed by −6% since 2012
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
Over those years, the median Marne town changed −2% and the median compared French town +5%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 66% of compared French towns: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Marson 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.3, Marson is older than 58% 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
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 17%, a higher share than 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
Each household has 2.4 people on average. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. Few places have as many couples with children: 28% here, more than in 66% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of empty homes than 64% of compared French towns: 5.7%
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 the last two years, 6.9% of households moved in; at the other end, 35% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A median of €29,590 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €29,590 a year: higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (32%)
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. On households headed by a retired person, Marson sits lower than 54% of compared French towns: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Marson ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 0.4%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.4% in Marson. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 11%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
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 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Marson has 49%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Below 68% of compared French towns: 16% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
28% of Marson’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 16% have no diploma (19%).
41 French towns of 277 to 2,582 people: this is the 21st oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Marson is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marson | 45.3 | 20% | 0% | 0.4% |
| Saint-Memmie 5,441 · 7 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 7.4% |
| Châlons-en-Champagne 42,971 · 7.9 mi | 41.2 | 21% | 2.5% | 10% |
| Fagnières 4,858 · 9.6 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 9.3% |
| Vitry-le-François 10,996 · 13.3 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.8% |
| Suippes 3,938 · 14.9 mi | 32.4 | 14% | 1.6% | 2.3% |
| Mourmelon-le-Grand 4,895 · 17.2 mi | 30.8 | 11% | 1.2% | 2.5% |
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 Marson
What is the population of Marson?
277 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (296).
How old are Marson’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 58% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marson?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marson?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.4% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marson?
€29,590 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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