Half of Le Morne-Vert is over 55, older than 94% of compared French towns
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 3.7% in Le Morne-Vert and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 1,718 residents here, living in 810 households. Single-parent households come to 21% locally, about two in ten. Few places have as many households without a car: 23% here, more than in 89% 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 Morne-Vert
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 210 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Morne-Vert, 19% of its 1,110 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 84% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Le Morne-Vert’s residents are under 55 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Morne-Vert had 1,881 residents at the 2012 census and 1,718 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
The share of households in social housing trails nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 6.5%. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Locally, 14% of homes are flats. Empty homes are more common here than in 63% of compared French towns.
Le Morne-Vert changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, behind 96% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Martinique town ±0%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of compared French towns, at 7.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Morne-Vert 55. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, a third of residents are 65 or over in Le Morne-Vert. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 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.
Only 18% of households are couples with children in Le Morne-Vert
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
The typical household size is 2.1 people. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The share of one-person households stands at 42%.
39% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 81% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Here 11% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Typically, 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).
1.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 97% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1%), Le Morne-Vert is below 93% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Le Morne-Vert: 42% of residents 15 and over are single, above 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
Married residents make up 34%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 97% of compared French towns: 34%
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 Le Morne-Vert, 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 1,718 to 2,582 people, the 6th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Le Morne-Vert
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Morne-Vert | 55 | 33% | 19% | 1.5% |
| Le Carbet 3,721 · 2.1 mi | 51.9 | 27% | 15% | 2.2% |
| Case-Pilote 4,537 · 4 mi | 48.6 | 22% | 2.5% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Pierre 3,961 · 4.1 mi | 51.6 | 27% | 7.7% | 5% |
| Le Morne-Rouge 4,388 · 5 mi | 52.7 | 29% | 3.8% | 2.9% |
| Schœlcher 19,478 · 6.3 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 6% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Joseph 16,258 · 7.6 mi | 49.9 | 25% | 1.5% | 1.5% |
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 Le Morne-Vert
What is the population of Le Morne-Vert?
1,718 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (1,881).
How old are Le Morne-Vert’s residents?
The median age is 55, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Morne-Vert?
210, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Morne-Vert?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (1%). 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).
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