Photo: WCOMFR Mireille GRUMBERG · CC BY-SA 4.0Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Le Marigot is over 54.2
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 1.4%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Le Marigot counted 2,948 residents and 1,430 households at the 2023 Census. Here, 14% of households are couples with children. At 34%, the share of households without a car is higher than in 97% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Martinique 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 Le Marigot
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Marigot had 3,568 residents at the 2012 census and 2,948 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Le Marigot’s residents are under 54.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 230 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−17% since 2012: slower than 99% 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 −10%; the six to 2023, −8%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Martinique town ±0%.
28% of residents are 65 or over, a share 81% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Marigot 54.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 9.2% of residents are 15 to 24 here. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Le Marigot: 26% of households are single parents, above 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 Martinique median and the France median
Living alone · share
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 41% in Le Marigot. Households here average 2.1 people each. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town.
Le Marigot: 13% of homes stand empty, above 92% 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
With flats at 20%, Le Marigot is behind 67% of compared French towns on that count. Second homes account for 3.9%. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 18% in Le Marigot, more than in 75% 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
About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Le Marigot (33%). The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.8% of residents are immigrants, below 99% of compared French towns
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Le Marigot has 0.7%. 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.
Le Marigot sits above 99% of compared French towns for single residents (47%)
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
The share of married residents trails 96% of compared French towns: 32%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Le Marigot ranks below 98% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 14%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 41% in Le Marigot. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,917 to 2,979 people
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 40.5 in Gorcy to 60.1 in Vimoutiers.
Older than Le Marigot: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Marigot | 54.2 | 28% | 3.9% | 0.8% |
| Le Lorrain 6,566 · 2.4 mi | 54.3 | 29% | 0.6% | 2.7% |
| Sainte-Marie 14,756 · 3.6 mi | 52.7 | 27% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
| Basse-Pointe 2,852 · 6.8 mi | 57.1 | 33% | 1.2% | 2.5% |
| La Trinité 11,454 · 7.4 mi | 49.9 | 25% | 7.8% | 1.4% |
| Le Morne-Rouge 4,388 · 7.4 mi | 52.7 | 29% | 3.8% | 2.9% |
| Gros-Morne 9,610 · 7.7 mi | 53.1 | 29% | 2.5% | 1.3% |
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 Le Marigot
What is the population of Le Marigot?
2,948 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (3,568).
How old are Le Marigot’s residents?
The median age is 54.2, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Marigot?
68, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Marigot?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.