A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.7%
The share of one-person households is 17%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 150 residents and 58 households in Morsains. Here, 25% of households are headed by a manual worker. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 97% of compared French towns.
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 Morsains
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Morsains, 26% of its 79 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Growing fast
Morsains had 124 residents at the 2012 census and 150 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Morsains, 26% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Of all households, 6.9% moved in during the last two years and 17% have stayed three decades or more. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Faster growth than 91% of compared French towns: Morsains changed by +21% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +7%, and from 2017 to 2023 +13%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Marne town −2%.
19% of residents are 65 or over, below 72% 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
■ Morsains 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.4% in Morsains. Meanwhile, with a median age of 44.5, Morsains is older than 53% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 17% of households are single parents
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 2.6 people. Against that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children make up 25%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €24,670 a year to live on
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 €24,670 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 8.3%, a lower share than 57% 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
Put another way, about one in three: a third of households are headed by a retired person. On average, 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).
Morsains ranks below 60% of compared French towns on immigrants: 5.4%
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.
The median compared commune in Marne has 4.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 60% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
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 98% of compared French towns: 54%
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
With single residents at 21%, Morsains is behind 86% of compared French towns on that count. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 98% of compared French towns: 15%
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
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 16th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Morsains
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morsains | 44.5 | 19% | 26% | 5.4% |
| Montmirail 3,535 · 5.2 mi | 51.3 | 32% | 3.4% | 5.2% |
| La Ferté-Gaucher 4,743 · 10.3 mi | 42.3 | 24% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Sézanne 4,576 · 10.4 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 3% | 8.3% |
| Villenauxe-la-Grande 2,605 · 14.3 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.5% | 9.4% |
| Charly-sur-Marne 2,594 · 16.6 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 3.3% | 10% |
| Essômes-sur-Marne 2,691 · 17.7 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 2.3% | 9.6% |
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 Morsains
What is the population of Morsains?
150 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (124).
How old are Morsains’ residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Morsains?
21, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Morsains?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.4% 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 Morsains?
€24,670 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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