Machy sits above 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (40%)
In Machy, 2.2% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 117 residents in 50 households. Empty homes account for 3%. At 29%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Machy
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in Machy, 41% of its 90 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Machy had 128 residents at the 2012 census and 117 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Machy, 41% of homes are second homes, more than in 96% of compared French towns
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
Without a car: one household in 10, against 11% in the median compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A change of −9% since 2012 leaves Machy behind 96% 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
In two steps, −1% to 2017 and −8% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −3% in Somme.
Only 6% of residents are 15 to 24 in Machy
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Machy 46.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Machy’s residents are over 46.3, older than in 65% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 20%
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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.3 people. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A median of €26,530 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €26,530 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 20%, a higher share than 83% 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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (30%), Machy is below 64% of compared French towns. Locally, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 78% of compared French towns, at 3.4%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, below 98% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Machy, 45%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 68% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
More adults with no qualification than in 54% of compared French towns: 20%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 117 to 2,582 people, the 18th 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).
Machy is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machy | 46.3 | 29% | 41% | 3.4% |
| Rue 2,987 · 5.6 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 11% | 1.3% |
| Verton 2,571 · 11.2 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 13% | 1.5% |
| Abbeville 22,395 · 11.5 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Rang-du-Fliers 4,297 · 12.7 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 7.5% | 2.6% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 12.8 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Berck 12,951 · 13.7 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 40% | 2.7% |
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 Machy
What is the population of Machy?
117 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (128).
How old are Machy’s residents?
The median age is 46.3, older than 65% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Machy?
37, with occasional dwellings: 41% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Machy?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Machy?
€26,530 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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