Marchemaisons sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (5.4%)
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Marchemaisons comes in at 5.3%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 162, in 74 households. Single-parent households: 13% of the total. 4.9% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 76% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Orne 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 Marchemaisons
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Marchemaisons, 16% of its 94 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 16% of homes are second homes
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Households that moved in under two years ago: 7.9%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 28%. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Car-free households: one in 19, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Marchemaisons grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 58% 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 first five years brought ±0%; the six to 2023, +7%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Orne town −5%.
Half of Marchemaisons is over 46.5, older than 66% 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
■ Marchemaisons 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 20% of residents are 65 or over in Marchemaisons.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 20% in Marchemaisons, less than in 74% 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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.2 people on average. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, one-person households are common here: 40%, more than in 69% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €26,080 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,080 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 55% of compared French towns: 33%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%. On the census count, 13% 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).
In Marchemaisons, 3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 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.
With foreign nationals at 2.4%, Marchemaisons is behind 73% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 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: 22%, a lower share than 76% 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
Across Marchemaisons, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 11% of adults out of school have no 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 33% in Marchemaisons. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 162 to 2,582
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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Marchemaisons, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marchemaisons | 46.5 | 20% | 16% | 3% |
| Sées 4,168 · 8.4 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 11.3 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 11.6 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 12.2 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 12.9 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 16.7 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
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 Marchemaisons
What is the population of Marchemaisons?
162 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (152).
How old are Marchemaisons’ residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 66% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marchemaisons?
15, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marchemaisons?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marchemaisons?
€26,080 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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