A higher share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 28%
Households headed by a retired person: 54% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 36% of residents are 65 or over. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Mardilly had 131 residents in 61 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Mardilly
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 28 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mardilly, 28% of its 99 homes: higher than in 95% 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.
A higher share of empty homes than 78% of compared French towns, at 9.8%
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
Of all households, 5% moved in during the last two years and 25% have stayed three decades or more. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car is 10%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
A change of +2% since 2012 leaves Mardilly behind 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
Over those years, the median Orne town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%.
Older than 84% of compared French towns: half of Mardilly is over 50.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mardilly 50.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 13% here and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Above 79% of compared French towns: 31% of households are couples with children
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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. Mardilly has more one-person households than 64% of compared French towns, at 38%. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €25,320 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,320 a year: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
7.7% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 88% 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
9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 7.7% in Mardilly. Measured more widely, 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).
In Mardilly, 2.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 88% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals here. On average, 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.
46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 71% 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 Mardilly, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Mardilly
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
Adults with no qualification: 25%, above just over three quarters of compared French towns. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Mardilly sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mardilly | 50.2 | 36% | 28% | 2.3% |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 7.4 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 8.6 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 2,938 · 10.5 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 17% | 3% |
| Livarot-Pays-d'Auge 6,207 · 12.9 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 16% | 2.2% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 14.7 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Sées 4,168 · 16.2 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
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 Mardilly
What is the population of Mardilly?
131 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (129).
How old are Mardilly’s residents?
The median age is 50.2, older than 84% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mardilly?
28, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mardilly?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mardilly?
€25,320 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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