45% of households are couples with children, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Margny-aux-Cerises comes in at 18%. Census figures put flats at 0.9% locally. Lower than in 94% of compared French towns: 3.1% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Oise 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 Margny-aux-Cerises
A town of families
45% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Margny-aux-Cerises’s population changed by +8% since 2012, more than in 63% 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 change was +9%; from 2017 to 2023, −1%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Oise town +2%.
Margny-aux-Cerises ranks above 83% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 13%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Margny-aux-Cerises 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 41.7, Margny-aux-Cerises is younger than 68% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are one person living alone, below 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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.6 people on average. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
Margny-aux-Cerises: 11% of homes stand empty, above 83% 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
8.2% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.2% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 20%.
Median living standard: €25,650 a year
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 Margny-aux-Cerises is €25,650 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Margny-aux-Cerises sits below 86% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (5%)
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
Households headed by a retired person: 35%, above 64% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Roughly two in ten: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.6%, a lower share than 96% 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.
The median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 96% of compared French towns. On the census count, 0.8% of residents are foreign nationals. Set beside that, 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.
Single residents make up 27% in Margny-aux-Cerises, more than in 60% 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
42% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
In Margny-aux-Cerises, 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 23% in Margny-aux-Cerises and 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th youngest of 41 French towns of 258 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Margny-aux-Cerises and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margny-aux-Cerises | 41.7 | 18% | 1.8% | 1.6% |
| Roye 5,833 · 4.1 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Noyon 12,971 · 8.9 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 1.4% | 18% |
| Ham 4,378 · 10.6 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1% | 2.8% |
| Ribécourt-Dreslincourt 3,871 · 11.3 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 1.2% | 7.3% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 12.3 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 13.3 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
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 Margny-aux-Cerises
What is the population of Margny-aux-Cerises?
258 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (239).
How old are Margny-aux-Cerises’ residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Margny-aux-Cerises?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Margny-aux-Cerises?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Margny-aux-Cerises?
€25,650 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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