A median age of 56.5: Sainte-Marguerite is older than 96% of compared French towns
1.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few couples with children: 18% here, fewer than in 81% of compared French towns. Sainte-Marguerite counted 2,234 residents and 1,110 households at the 2023 Census. In Sainte-Marguerite, 48% of households are headed by a retired person.
Throughout this page, the Vosges 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 Sainte-Marguerite
An older town
Half of Sainte-Marguerite’s residents are under 56.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Sainte-Marguerite had 2,402 residents at the 2012 census and 2,234 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−7% since 2012, a pace below 93% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Vosges town −6%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −3%; 2017 to 2023, −4%.
36% of residents are 65 or over, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sainte-Marguerite 56.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Sainte-Marguerite has 7.6%. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 7.3% 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 Vosges median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of one-person households is 40%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. On average, 2 people share a household.
22% of homes are flats, fewer than in 64% 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
Of all households, 5.9% moved in during the last two years and 29% have stayed three decades or more. Fewer second homes than in 70% of compared French towns: 1.3%. The comparison figure for flats is 30% in the typical compared French town. 6.1% of homes stand empty, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €25,340 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 Sainte-Marguerite’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,340 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 56% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 9.0%.
5.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 81% 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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Across the comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 65% of compared French towns: 3%
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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 5.3% of residents are immigrants here. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 19% of residents 15 and over are single
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 Sainte-Marguerite, 46%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 77% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Sainte-Marguerite. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,234 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Sainte-Marguerite is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Marguerite | 56.5 | 36% | 1.3% | 5.3% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 1.7 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Anould 3,234 · 5.5 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 9.5% | 1.9% |
| Fraize 2,843 · 6 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9.6% | 2.2% |
| Moyenmoutier 3,134 · 8.1 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 4.5% | 2.4% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 9.9 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Raon-l'Étape 5,886 · 11 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.8% | 4.4% |
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 Sainte-Marguerite
What is the population of Sainte-Marguerite?
2,234 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (2,402).
How old are Sainte-Marguerite’s residents?
The median age is 56.5, older than 96% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sainte-Marguerite?
15, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sainte-Marguerite?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 67 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sainte-Marguerite?
€25,340 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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