Households without a car make up 2.5% in Marsat, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Marsat. Locally, 0.3% of households rent social housing (HLM). Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 92% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,426, in 610 households.
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 Marsat
Many graduates
51% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 24% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Growing fast
Marsat had 1,216 residents at the 2012 census and 1,426 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Marsat has grown +17%, faster than 86% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +12%, then +5% to 2023.
Older than 74% of compared French towns: half of Marsat is over 47.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Marsat 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24%, above 64% of compared French towns.
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%.
In Marsat, 26% of households are couples with children, more than in 55% 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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Against that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few single-parent households: 9.1% here, fewer than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 97% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Marsat comes in at 5.3%. Measured more widely, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 2.4% of homes are second homes.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €34,440 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 €34,440 a year: higher than in 95% of compared French towns.
Marsat ranks below 92% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 6.6%
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
Locally, 32% of households are headed by a retired person. 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).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 66% of compared French towns, at 3%
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.
The median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in three fifths of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. For Marsat, the census puts immigrants at 5.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 19% of residents 15 and over are single in Marsat
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Marsat has 51%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 98% of compared French towns: 8.2%
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
Graduates of higher education: 51%, above 93% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,426 to 2,582 people
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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Marsat and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsat | 47.9 | 24% | 2.4% | 5.4% |
| Mozac 3,957 · 1.1 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 1.6% | 5.9% |
| Riom 18,820 · 1.8 mi | 43.4 | 24% | 3.2% | 8.3% |
| Châteaugay 3,189 · 1.9 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.5% | 7.1% |
| Volvic 4,883 · 2.5 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 3.6% | 8.6% |
| Châtel-Guyon 6,299 · 3.1 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 13% | 5.9% |
| Blanzat 3,709 · 3.2 mi | 51.9 | 32% | 1.1% | 8.5% |
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 Marsat
What is the population of Marsat?
1,426 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (1,216).
How old are Marsat’s residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marsat?
16, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marsat?
INSEE counts 77 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.4% of residents, and 42 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marsat?
€34,440 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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