Above 97% of compared French towns: 46% of homes are second homes
Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.9%, below 99% of compared French towns. The census found that 4.8% of households have no car in La Martre. Nearly a fifth of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 78% of compared French towns. The town had 226 residents in 110 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Var 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 La Martre
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Martre, 46% of its 240 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 89% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of La Martre’s residents are under 53.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 79% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
With empty homes at 9.3%, La Martre is ahead of 75% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A +14% change since 2012: faster 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
Over those years, the median Var town changed +10% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +7%, then +7% to 2023.
La Martre is older than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Martre 53.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; La Martre has 28%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
La Martre: 43% of households are one person living alone, above 79% 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 Var median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2 people on average. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. La Martre sits close to the norm on single-parent households: 9.5%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €17,890 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.
At €17,890 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 4.8% in La Martre, less than in 87% 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 (29%), La Martre is below 71% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. About one in seven: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in La Martre (14%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 11% in La Martre, more than in 74% of compared French towns
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: 8.5%, above just over three quarters of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Fewer single residents than 65% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Census figures put married residents at 44% in La Martre. Across the comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
La Martre ranks below 60% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 27%
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
The share of adults with no qualification trails 62% of compared French towns: 17%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 226 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
No nearby town is as old as La Martre
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Martre | 53.3 | 28% | 46% | 11% |
| Seillans 2,941 · 10.4 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 28% | 12% |
| Fayence 6,157 · 11.7 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 23% | 9.4% |
| Tourrettes 2,972 · 12.2 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 34% | 8.3% |
| Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne 4,056 · 12.7 mi | 49.9 | 26% | 17% | 6.2% |
| Callian 3,823 · 12.9 mi | 47 | 23% | 21% | 8.9% |
| Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey 3,658 · 13.5 mi | 43.9 | 19% | 13% | 5.6% |
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 La Martre
What is the population of La Martre?
226 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (198).
How old are La Martre’s residents?
The median age is 53.3, older than 91% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Martre?
110, with occasional dwellings: 46% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Martre?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (8.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Martre?
€17,890 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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