A higher share of empty homes than 97% of compared French towns, at 16%
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 19% of households are headed by a manual worker in Maringues. The town had 3,141 residents in 1,210 households at the 2023 census. For Maringues, the census puts households in social housing at 5.1%. Lower than in 69% of compared French towns: 32% of households are one person living alone.
Throughout this page, the Puy-de-Dôme 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 Maringues
Empty homes
The census found 230 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+13% since 2012, a pace 78% of compared French towns didn’t match
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, +14% to 2017 and ±0% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Puy-de-Dôme.
Younger than 74% of compared French towns: half of Maringues is under 40.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Maringues 40.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Little separates the share of residents aged 15 to 24 here, 11%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. Roughly two in ten: 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 70% of compared French towns: 29%
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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.3 people in the average household. 12% of households are single parents, a higher share than in 73% of compared French towns. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 16% of homes are flats
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
For Maringues, the census puts second homes at 1.8%. At 11%, the share of households without a car is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,640 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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,640 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 65% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 18.0%.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 78% of compared French towns: 27%
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 manager or professional trails 71% of compared French towns: 6.7%. To put it in context, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.3% of residents are immigrants, below 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Maringues. Against that, 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.
36% of residents 15 and over are married, below 88% 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
24% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Maringues ranks below 83% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 21%
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops just over four fifths of compared French towns: 26%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 3,116 to 3,163 people, the 6th 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.
Ages run from 33.7 in Longperrier to 64.6 in La Tranche-sur-Mer.
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Maringues
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maringues | 40.9 | 21% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Ennezat 2,748 · 5.6 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Lezoux 6,528 · 6.9 mi | 43.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Puy-Guillaume 2,630 · 7.7 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 2.7% | 4% |
| Aigueperse 2,665 · 9.3 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 1.4% | 5.6% |
| Pont-du-Château 12,412 · 9.4 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Vertaizon 3,527 · 10.3 mi | 39.4 | 14% | 1.6% | 5.3% |
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 Maringues
What is the population of Maringues?
3,141 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (2,776).
How old are Maringues’ residents?
The median age is 40.9, younger than 74% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maringues?
27, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maringues?
INSEE counts 73 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 50 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maringues?
€24,640 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 18.0% 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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