16% of homes are second homes, more than in 92% of compared French towns
39% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Matour’s 550 households held 1,161 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 28% of residents are 65 or over. Few places have so few couples with children: 19% here, fewer than in 78% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire 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 Matour
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Matour, 16% of its 730 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 17% 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
One household in nine has no car (median compared French town: 11%). To put it in context, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. For Matour, the census puts empty homes at 7.9%.
Matour grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 74% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −3% in Saône-et-Loire. Here the change came as +7% to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
Matour is older than 76% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Matour 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Matour has 9.2%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Matour ranks above 69% of compared French towns on one-person households: 40%
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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.1 people. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in eight: just over one in ten households are single parents.
€23,390 a year: the median standard of living
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 median standard of living in Matour is €23,390 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
5.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 81% 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
With households headed by a manual worker at 19%, Matour is ahead of 80% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 4% of residents are immigrants in Matour
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 Saône-et-Loire has 6.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 73% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 3.3% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 30.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, below 77% 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
Married residents account for 44%. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 74% 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
24% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,161 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Matour sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matour | 48.4 | 28% | 16% | 4% |
| Chauffailles 3,638 · 10 mi | 58.1 | 39% | 6.3% | 6% |
| Cluny 4,942 · 12 mi | 49.2 | 30% | 7.9% | 9.5% |
| Charolles 2,772 · 13.1 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 4.9% | 4% |
| La Chapelle-de-Guinchay 4,018 · 14.9 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 3.1% | 4.4% |
| Crêches-sur-Saône 3,198 · 15.1 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 0.5% | 7.1% |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon 8,227 · 15.3 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.9% | 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 Matour
What is the population of Matour?
1,161 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (1,043).
How old are Matour’s residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Matour?
120, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Matour?
INSEE counts 47 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Matour?
€23,390 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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