1.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 99% of compared French towns
By its share of households without a car (5.6%), Saint-Marcel is below 83% of compared French towns. The town is home to 611 residents in 310 households, by the 2023 Census. About one in two: that is how common one-person households are in Saint-Marcel (45%). On residents aged 15 to 24, Saint-Marcel sits lower than 89% of compared French towns: 8.4%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Saint-Marcel
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 57 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Marcel, 14% of its 400 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 88% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Marcel had 638 residents at the 2012 census and 611 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 14% of homes are second homes
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
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Saint-Marcel, 8.3%. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing come to 22% in the town, about two in ten. 47% of homes are flats, a higher share than in 71% of compared French towns.
−4% since 2012, a pace below 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
Over those years, the median Savoie town changed +9% and the median compared French town +5%.
Saint-Marcel is older than 59% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Marcel 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
For Saint-Marcel, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 21%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 8.2% of households are single parents
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
By its share of couples with children (23%), Saint-Marcel is below 63% of compared French towns. Each household has 2 people on average. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,070 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 €26,070 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
25% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households headed by a retired person: 26% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 75% of compared French towns: 8.3% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Saint-Marcel, 9.9%. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 70% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Savoie has 7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
34% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 91% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 28% of residents 15 and over are single here. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 87% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Adults with no qualification make up 17%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
41 French towns of 611 to 2,582 people: this is the 21st 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Saint-Marcel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Marcel | 45.4 | 21% | 14% | 9.9% |
| Moûtiers 3,487 · 1.8 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 10% | 23% |
| Grand-Aigueblanche 3,780 · 2.9 mi | 48.5 | 23% | 15% | 5.2% |
| La Léchère 2,538 · 4.9 mi | 46 | 21% | 46% | 8.2% |
| Aime-la-Plagne 4,385 · 5 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 49% | 4.9% |
| La Plagne Tarentaise 3,836 · 7.2 mi | 45.3 | 17% | 84% | 4.5% |
| Les Belleville 3,498 · 8.9 mi | 42.4 | 15% | 88% | 7.2% |
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 Saint-Marcel
What is the population of Saint-Marcel?
611 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (638).
How old are Saint-Marcel’s residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Marcel?
57, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Marcel?
INSEE counts 60 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.9% of residents, and 50 foreign nationals (8.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Marcel?
€26,070 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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