A lower share of households without a car than 98% of compared French towns, at 3.3%
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (8.1%), Marthod is below 92% of compared French towns. On the census count, 10% of homes are flats. At 21%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is higher than in 85% of compared French towns. The town is home to 1,346 residents in 600 households, by the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Savoie 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.
−3% since 2012: slower than 80% 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
The median Savoie town changed +9% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six −2%.
Marthod is older than 80% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Marthod 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 24%, Marthod is ahead of 63% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 27% in Marthod, less than in 88% 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 Savoie median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. At 30%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 78% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone. Single-parent households: 9% here and 10% in the typical compared French town.
More second homes than 77% of compared French towns: 4.9%
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
30% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6.7% moved in within the last two years. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. At 6.9%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 77% of compared French towns. Little separates the share of empty homes here, 6%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €29,160 a year in 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.
Half of residents live in households above €29,160 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
Below 64% of compared French towns: 7.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Across Marthod, 33% of households are headed by a retired person. By way of comparison, 9.4% of 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).
Only 3.8% of residents are immigrants in Marthod
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in three quarters of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Savoie has 7%. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals: 2.9% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 98% of compared French towns: 53%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Marthod ranks below 80% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 14%
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
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,346 to 2,582 people), the 15th oldest
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.
No nearby town is as old as Marthod
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marthod | 49.2 | 24% | 4.9% | 3.8% |
| Ugine 7,154 · 2 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 7.3% | 10% |
| Albertville 19,978 · 4.2 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 4.2% | 17% |
| Mercury 3,495 · 4.6 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 3.8% | 3.8% |
| Gilly-sur-Isère 3,149 · 5.4 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 3.5% | 5.6% |
| Faverges-Seythenex 7,545 · 5.6 mi | 49 | 27% | 8.6% | 9.3% |
| Doussard 3,751 · 9.8 mi | 47.3 | 23% | 19% | 7% |
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 Marthod
What is the population of Marthod?
1,346 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,381).
How old are Marthod’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marthod?
33, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marthod?
INSEE counts 51 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 39 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marthod?
€29,160 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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