Photo: This picture belongs to Xavier Caré . · CC BY-SA 3.0A larger share of couples with children than 98% of compared French towns: 39%
Here 4.8% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Marcy-l'Étoile had 3,778 residents in 1,390 households at the 2023 Census. Just over a fifth of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in five. Second homes are more common here than in 87% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Rhône 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 Marcy-l'Étoile
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 7.7% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
51% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 23% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +8% change since 2012: faster than 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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Rhône town +10%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +4%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 81% of compared French towns: 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Marcy-l'Étoile 40.6. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (13%), Marcy-l'Étoile is above 87% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Half of the town’s residents are under 40.6, younger than in three quarters of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Marcy-l'Étoile sits below 95% of compared French towns for one-person households (24%)
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 Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.6 people share a household. Lower than in 83% of compared French towns: 7.7% of households are single parents. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Marcy-l'Étoile sits below 79% of compared French towns for empty homes (4.6%)
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 12%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 17%. Nearly two in five homes are flats, more than in 63% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
€33,390 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Marcy-l'Étoile’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €33,390 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 9.0%.
Marcy-l'Étoile: 25% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 94% 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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Across the comparison, 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).
Marcy-l'Étoile sits above 57% of compared French towns for immigrants (7.5%)
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 Rhône has 8.2%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 57% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. 3.8% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 26.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Marcy-l'Étoile: 51% of residents 15 and over are married, above 93% 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
Single residents: 26% of the total. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Marcy-l'Étoile: 51% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 93% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 13%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 9th youngest of 41 French towns of 3,742 to 3,807 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.
The youngest is Chauconin-Neufmontiers (34.4), the oldest Brantôme en Périgord (53.9).
Every neighbor is older than Marcy-l'Étoile
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcy-l'Étoile | 40.6 | 17% | 9% | 7.5% |
| Charbonnières-les-Bains 5,383 · 1.7 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.6% | 7.4% |
| Saint-Genis-les-Ollières 5,439 · 1.9 mi | 42 | 19% | 1% | 7.3% |
| La Tour-de-Salvagny 4,649 · 2.1 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.5% |
| Pollionnay 2,958 · 2.5 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2% | 4% |
| Grézieu-la-Varenne 6,472 · 2.6 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 1.5% | 6% |
| Craponne 12,084 · 2.8 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1% | 6.6% |
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 Marcy-l'Étoile
What is the population of Marcy-l'Étoile?
3,778 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (3,503).
How old are Marcy-l'Étoile’s residents?
The median age is 40.6, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marcy-l'Étoile?
140, with occasional dwellings: 9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marcy-l'Étoile?
INSEE counts 280 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.5% of residents, and 140 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marcy-l'Étoile?
€33,390 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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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