2.6% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 39% in Margny-sur-Matz and 32% in the typical compared French town. Across Margny-sur-Matz, 2.4% of homes are flats. Just over a quarter of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. This Oise town counted 531 residents and 220 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.
Margny-sur-Matz changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 60% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +3%; 2017 to 2023, −1%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Oise town +2%.
Margny-sur-Matz sits below 76% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9.3%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Margny-sur-Matz 43.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Here a fifth of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 43.9, Margny-sur-Matz is younger than 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 84% of compared French towns: 32%
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
Single-parent households: 6.6% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.4 people share a household.
In Margny-sur-Matz, 0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% 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
In Margny-sur-Matz, 3.1% of homes are second homes, beside 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Here, 5.4% of homes stand empty.
A typical living standard of €29,280 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-sur-Matz is €29,280 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 85% of compared French towns: 20%
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 figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 11% in Margny-sur-Matz and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3% of residents are immigrants, below 82% 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.
Foreign nationals: 2.7% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More single residents than 56% of compared French towns: 26%
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 Margny-sur-Matz, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Margny-sur-Matz ranks below 85% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 13%
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
36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 531 to 2,582 people, the 16th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Margny-sur-Matz
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margny-sur-Matz | 43.9 | 20% | 3.1% | 3% |
| Thourotte 4,463 · 5.4 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
| Longueil-Annel 2,586 · 5.6 mi | 42 | 20% | 1% | 6.6% |
| Ribécourt-Dreslincourt 3,871 · 6.5 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 1.2% | 7.3% |
| Margny-lès-Compiègne 8,677 · 7.2 mi | 37.8 | 16% | 2% | 14% |
| Choisy-au-Bac 3,449 · 7.5 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 2.3% | 6.6% |
| Venette 2,758 · 7.6 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 1.9% | 7.9% |
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-sur-Matz
What is the population of Margny-sur-Matz?
531 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (519).
How old are Margny-sur-Matz’s residents?
The median age is 43.9, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Margny-sur-Matz?
7, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Margny-sur-Matz?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Margny-sur-Matz?
€29,280 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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