A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 95% of compared French towns: 3.5%
Here 15% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. Marpent counted 2,653 residents and 1,160 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 9.5% of homes are flats. On second homes, Marpent sits lower than 92% of compared French towns: 0.6%.
Throughout this page, the Nord 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.
Marpent’s population moved −2% on 2012, less than in 78% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Nord town, the change came in two steps: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Half of Marpent is under 42.1, younger than 65% 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
■ Marpent 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
For Marpent, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%. At 22%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
In Marpent, 22% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 64% 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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.2 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. At 34%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
In Marpent, 16% of households have no car, more than in 73% 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
One in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 24% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have as many empty homes: 9% here, more than in 73% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. The figure for households in social housing is 10% in Marpent and 12% in the typical compared French town.
€21,760 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
The median standard of living in Marpent is €21,760 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 90% of compared French towns. 26.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 26% in Marpent, more than in 97% 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
The census found that a third of households are headed by a retired person in Marpent. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Marpent, 6.3% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 65% 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.
Here 8% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. That is higher than in 60% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of married residents than 57% of compared French towns: 42%
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
26% of residents 15 and over are single, a higher share than in 56% of compared French towns. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (23%), Marpent is above 69% of compared French towns. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,625 to 2,682 people), the 8th youngest
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 34 in Roissy-en-France to 62.9 in Longeville-sur-Mer.
Marpent and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Marpent
What is the population of Marpent?
2,653 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (2,705).
How old are Marpent’s residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marpent?
8, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marpent?
INSEE counts 210 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8% of residents, and 170 foreign nationals (6.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marpent?
€21,760 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 26.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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