One-person households: 19%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 96% of compared French towns: 7.3%. Marcy’s 370 households held 916 residents at the 2023 Census. Here, 3.2% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 91% 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
Growing fast
Marcy had 617 residents at the 2012 census and 916 in 2023, up 48%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many graduates
52% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 20% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +48% change since 2012: faster than 99% 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 +18%; from 2017 to 2023, +26%.
Marcy is younger than 66% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Marcy 41.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In Marcy, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%.
In Marcy, 31% of households are couples with children, more than in 80% 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 Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
With single-parent households at 8.5%, Marcy is behind 73% of compared French towns on that count. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Fewer flats than 76% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Here 4.9% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. By way of comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. The census found that 3.6% of homes are second homes in Marcy.
A typical living standard of €34,180 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 €34,180 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 95% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 93% of compared French towns: 24%
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
36% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Lower than in 67% of compared French towns: 11% of households are headed by a manual worker. 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 2.6% in Marcy, less than in 85% 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.
Foreign nationals: 1.4% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Marcy comes in at 56%. Across the comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 94% of compared French towns: 52%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten adults out of school have no qualification here. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th youngest of 41 French towns of 916 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.
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Marcy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcy | 41.9 | 21% | 3.6% | 2.6% |
| Anse 8,206 · 2.2 mi | 38 | 16% | 1.4% | 8.5% |
| Chazay-d'Azergues 4,410 · 3 mi | 43 | 20% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| Pommiers 2,618 · 3 mi | 44.9 | 20% | 3.5% | 3.2% |
| Porte des Pierres Dorées 4,185 · 3.9 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 2.6% | 5% |
| Lozanne 3,182 · 4.1 mi | 39.1 | 19% | 0.9% | 5.7% |
| Limas 4,750 · 4.4 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1% | 9.8% |
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
What is the population of Marcy?
916 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 48% more than in 2012 (617).
How old are Marcy’s residents?
The median age is 41.9, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marcy?
15, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marcy?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marcy?
€34,180 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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