Marœuil sits below 94% of compared French towns for flats (5.8%)
Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Marœuil has 6.4%. Across Marœuil, 4.5% of households rent social housing (HLM). At 6.8%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is lower than in 91% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 2,422 residents in 1,100 households.
Throughout this page, the Pas-de-Calais 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.
Marœuil changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 75% 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
In two steps, ±0% to 2017 and −2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Pas-de-Calais.
Half of Marœuil is over 48.6, older than 77% 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
■ Marœuil 48.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 8.8% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Roughly two in ten: 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are one person living alone, below 82% 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 Pas-de-Calais median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.2 people. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 27% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the median compared French town; 6.4% are single parents with their children (10%).
Only 5.9% of households have no car in Marœuil
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
One household in 17 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Second homes account for 0.6%. Lower than in 84% of compared French towns: 4.3% of homes stand empty.
At the median, €29,120 a year to live on
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 midpoint of living standards here is €29,120 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 79% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 7.0% of residents.
Above 73% of compared French towns: 14% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 37%, above 72% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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 0.9% in Marœuil, less than in 99% 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.
0.4% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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 18% in Marœuil, less than in 98% 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
Here 51% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Marœuil, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 79% 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
36% of Marœuil’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 14% have no diploma (19%).
Ranked by age, 15th 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).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Marœuil
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marœuil | 48.6 | 22% | 0.6% | 0.9% |
| Anzin-Saint-Aubin 2,833 · 1.7 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
| Sainte-Catherine 3,471 · 2.6 mi | 47 | 24% | 0.4% | 2.7% |
| Dainville 5,683 · 2.9 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 0.5% | 2.4% |
| Arras 42,875 · 3.5 mi | 36.3 | 18% | 1.8% | 8.5% |
| Saint-Nicolas 4,494 · 3.6 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 0.6% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Laurent-Blangy 6,459 · 4.4 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 0.6% | 3.1% |
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 Marœuil
What is the population of Marœuil?
2,422 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (2,452).
How old are Marœuil’s residents?
The median age is 48.6, older than 77% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marœuil?
7, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marœuil?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marœuil?
€29,120 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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