Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 2.8 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Its weakest subject is health: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 24% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Jobs and pay trail most towns: 0.7 jobs per working resident; 11.2% unemployment. The median price paid is €1,013/m².
Figures: prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · employment, INSEE census 2023. Maroilles has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Maroilles with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Maroilles.
HealthHealth D−
Allowing for age and care homes, Maroilles sees more deaths than Nord’s towns or compared French towns: 124 per 100 expected
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
From 2016 to 2025, 228 residents of Maroilles died, against 149 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 53% more. The nearest emergency department to Maroilles is Centre hospitalier de le Cateau, 10.2 mi away. Life expectancy at birth in Nord is 84.5 years for women and 78.8 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. Also worth knowing: this Nord town has one family doctor.
+24%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw153
Adjusted124
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Maroilles · 3.4 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
10.2 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier de le Cateau
10.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier de le Cateau
84.5 · 78.8
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Nord, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Older residents shape Maroilles: 26% are 65 or over, above Nord’s towns and compared French towns
Degrees are held by 25% of adults, near Nord’s towns (26%) and lower than compared French towns (30%). Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 10% of the town. The middle age in Maroilles is 45.2.
45.2median age
MaroillesNord medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
26%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma20%
CAP or BEP30%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education25%
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Nord median and France median: the median of compared communes
History
Maroilles keeps more of its old housing than Nord’s towns or compared French towns: 45% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Per 10,000 residents, Maroilles counts 34 protected monuments, above Nord’s towns (0) and compared French towns (2.5) alike. The protected list starts in the 10th century. The town has 5 historic monuments on the Culture ministry’s list, none at the highest level (classé). Most of the list is churches, chapels and other religious buildings: 3 of 5.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Only 7.9% of commuters in Maroilles go to work without a car, fewer than in Nord’s towns and across compared French towns
Unemployment stood at 11.2%, between Nord’s towns (13.2%) and compared French towns (10.1%). Public transport took 3.0% of Maroilles’ working residents to work at the census. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €24,660 a year per consumption unit.
8%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving84%
On foot4%
Public transport3%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
400
jobs based in Maroilles, 0.7 per working resident
11.2%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€24,660
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
7%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
B−
Walkability: better than 53% of compared French towns
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Maroilles
Is Maroilles safe?
Maroilles has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 5.2 recorded violent incidents and 11.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Maroilles expensive to live in?
Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Maroilles grades A for cost of living.
About Maroilles
Commune in Nord, Hauts-de-France
Maroilles is a commune of 1,454 people in the Communauté de communes du Pays de Mormal. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
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.
