A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.9%
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Marillet comes in at 30%. The share of empty homes stands at 11%. With a median age of 49, Marillet is older than 79% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 123 residents in 54 households.
Throughout this page, the Vendée 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 Marillet
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 17 second homes and occasional dwellings in Marillet, 21% of its 80 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Marillet ranks above 93% of compared French towns on second homes: 21%
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 last two years, 3.7% of households moved in; at the other end, 26% have stayed 30 years or more. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The figure for households in social housing is 9.3% in Marillet and 12% in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, Marillet outgrew 69% of compared French towns: +10%
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +9% for the median Vendée town, the change came in two steps: +3% from 2012 to 2017, then +7% to 2023.
Marillet ranks above 77% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 27%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Marillet 49. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 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 Vendée median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 30% of households are couples with children in Marillet. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €21,910 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.
Half of Marillet’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,910 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 10% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Marillet comes in at 10%. To put it in context, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Marillet: 11% of residents are foreign nationals, above 86% 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.
The median compared commune in Vendée has 2.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 79% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Marillet, 51% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 94% 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
Here 27% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 17% in Marillet, less than in 93% of compared French towns
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 stands at 20%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 123 to 2,582
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.
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Marillet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marillet | 49 | 27% | 21% | 12% |
| La Châtaigneraie 2,600 · 7.5 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 3.1% | 4.5% |
| Fontenay-le-Comte 14,059 · 10.7 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 3.1% | 7.5% |
| Moncoutant-sur-Sèvre 5,121 · 10.7 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Benet 4,089 · 13.8 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 4.7% | 2.2% |
| Échiré 3,549 · 15.9 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Pouzauges 5,668 · 17.5 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 3.3% | 3.9% |
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 Marillet
What is the population of Marillet?
123 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (112).
How old are Marillet’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Marillet?
17, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Marillet?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Marillet?
€21,910 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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