Flats: 4.4%, a lower share than 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Magny had 870 residents in 380 households at the 2023 Census. 7.3% of residents are 15 to 24. The share of one-person households is 27%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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 Magny
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 53 second homes and occasional dwellings in Magny, 11% of its 470 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 98% 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.
Fewer households without a car than 95% of compared French towns: 3.9%
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
5.8% of households moved in less than two years ago; 32% have been in their home 30 years or more. Magny has more second homes than 89% of compared French towns, at 11%. Empty homes make up 7.3%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A +3% change since 2012: slower than 59% 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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Yonne town −4%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +2%; from 2017 to 2023, ±0%.
Older than 77% of compared French towns: half of Magny is over 48.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Magny 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 72% of compared French towns: 26%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Magny, 26% of households are couples with children, more than in 57% 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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.3 people share a household. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Magny has fewer single-parent households than 65% of compared French towns, at 9.1%.
Median standard of living: €27,070 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,070 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 18%, a higher share than 75% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Magny has 30%. This Yonne town has more households headed by a manager or professional than 56% of compared French towns, at 10%. To put it in context, 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).
Immigrants make up 3.3% in Magny, less than in 79% 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.
With foreign nationals at 1.8%, Magny is behind 81% of compared French towns on that count. 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.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 97% 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
Married residents: 49%, above 89% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 73% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
Graduates of higher education make up 26%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 870 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).
No nearby town is as young as Magny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magny | 48.5 | 26% | 11% | 3.3% |
| Avallon 6,305 · 3.3 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 5.6% | 12% |
| Semur-en-Auxois 3,986 · 17.1 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 9.3% | 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 Magny
What is the population of Magny?
870 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (847).
How old are Magny’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Magny?
53, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Magny?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Magny?
€27,070 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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