Saint-Jean-de-Marcel ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 2%
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 6.1% of households are single parents in Saint-Jean-de-Marcel. The town is home to 385 residents in 160 households, by the 2023 Census. 3.5% of homes stand empty, or about one in 29. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 97% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Tarn 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-Jean-de-Marcel
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 30 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Jean-de-Marcel, 15% of its 200 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 97% 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.
15% of homes are second homes, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.8% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 33%. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One household in 11 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Since 2012, Saint-Jean-de-Marcel has changed by +2%, slower than 60% 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 Tarn town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 48.1: Saint-Jean-de-Marcel is older than 75% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Jean-de-Marcel 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
27% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. In Saint-Jean-de-Marcel, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are couples with children, a share 88% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Tarn median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Saint-Jean-de-Marcel has 30%. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. Households average 2.3 people.
Half above, half below €23,010 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.
Living standards centre on €23,010 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
In Saint-Jean-de-Marcel, 9.1% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 82% 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
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Saint-Jean-de-Marcel has 36%. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 63% of compared French towns: 5%
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.
Put another way, about one in 24: 4.2% of residents are foreign nationals. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-Jean-de-Marcel sits above 86% of compared French towns for married residents (49%)
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
Single residents: 23% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 77% of compared French towns, at 23%
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 about one in five here (19%). Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 385 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Saint-Jean-de-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-Jean-de-Marcel | 48.1 | 27% | 15% | 5% |
| Carmaux 9,872 · 4.3 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 2.8% | 8.4% |
| Blaye-les-Mines 2,902 · 5.2 mi | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 7.2 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 7.7 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 7.8 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Juéry 6,564 · 8.3 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
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 Saint-Jean-de-Marcel
What is the population of Saint-Jean-de-Marcel?
385 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (376).
How old are Saint-Jean-de-Marcel’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Jean-de-Marcel?
30, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Jean-de-Marcel?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Jean-de-Marcel?
€23,010 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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