A median age of 37.8: Margny-lès-Compiègne is younger than 89% of compared French towns
Flats make up 54%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. 24% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in four. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 9.6%, more than in 77% of compared French towns. Margny-lès-Compiègne counted 8,677 residents and 4,070 households at the 2023 Census.
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-lès-Compiègne
A young town
Half of Margny-lès-Compiègne’s residents are under 37.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 19% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Margny-lès-Compiègne’s population changed by +9% since 2012, more than in 65% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Oise town +2%.
Only 16% of residents are 65 or over in Margny-lès-Compiègne
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Margny-lès-Compiègne 37.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Margny-lès-Compiègne has 13%. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 82% of compared French towns: 44%
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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. 13% of households are single parents, a higher share than in 83% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The figure for couples with children is 22% in Margny-lès-Compiègne and 25% in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of households without a car than 77% of compared French towns: 17%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Margny-lès-Compiègne has 18%. The share of households without a car in the typical compared French town is 11%. For Margny-lès-Compiègne, the census puts second homes at 2%.
A median of €25,900 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €25,900 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 13.0%.
Above 87% of compared French towns: 20% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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 share of households headed by a manual worker is 12%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 14% in Margny-lès-Compiègne, more than in 83% 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 12% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. As a reference point, 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 35% in Margny-lès-Compiègne, more than in 93% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Margny-lès-Compiègne has 35%. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 80% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Locally, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 8,555 to 8,768 people: this is the 5th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Saint-Jory (34.3), the youngest, and Le Grau-du-Roi (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Margny-lès-Compiègne 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-lès-Compiègne | 37.8 | 16% | 2% | 14% |
| Venette 2,758 · 1 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 1.9% | 7.9% |
| Compiègne 40,761 · 1.3 mi | 37.6 | 19% | 2.2% | 17% |
| Choisy-au-Bac 3,449 · 2.9 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 2.3% | 6.6% |
| Longueil-Annel 2,586 · 3.4 mi | 42 | 20% | 1% | 6.6% |
| Thourotte 4,463 · 4.6 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
| Lacroix-Saint-Ouen 5,415 · 5 mi | 41.8 | 20% | 1.4% | 6.5% |
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 Margny-lès-Compiègne
What is the population of Margny-lès-Compiègne?
8,677 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (7,997).
How old are Margny-lès-Compiègne’s residents?
The median age is 37.8, younger than 89% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Margny-lès-Compiègne?
92, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Margny-lès-Compiègne?
INSEE counts 1,210 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 1,040 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Margny-lès-Compiègne?
€25,900 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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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