More couples with children than 97% of compared French towns: 37%
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Maillat, 7.9%. At 4.1%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 94% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 669 residents and 280 households locally. For Maillat, the census puts households in social housing at 5.5%.
Throughout this page, the Ain 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 Maillat
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 3.3% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Maillat changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 62% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ain town +13%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 61% of compared French towns, at 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Maillat 45. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45, Maillat is older than 57% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 24% of households are one person living alone in Maillat
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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
3.3% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Each household has 2.4 people on average. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Maillat ranks above 73% of compared French towns on empty homes: 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
The figure for second homes is 4% in Maillat and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 6.8% of households moved in less than two years ago; 31% have been in their home 30 years or more. Lower than in 56% of compared French towns: 27% of homes are flats.
Median standard of living: €30,120 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.
Living standards centre on €30,120 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 64% of compared French towns, at 12%
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 Maillat, 30% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker account for 16%. The wider picture: 9.4% of 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).
A larger share of immigrants than 85% of compared French towns: 15%
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 Ain has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 85% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. For Maillat, the census puts foreign nationals at 10%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 54%, a higher share than 98% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Maillat has 23%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
More adults with no qualification than 60% of compared French towns: 21%
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
29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a lower share than in 54% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 669 to 2,582 people: this is the 20th youngest
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.
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Maillat are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maillat | 45 | 20% | 4% | 15% |
| Nantua 3,416 · 3.7 mi | 42.3 | 23% | 3.6% | 27% |
| Montréal-la-Cluse 3,568 · 4.1 mi | 42.5 | 19% | 2.2% | 23% |
| Bellignat 3,525 · 9.5 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 1.7% | 26% |
| Oyonnax 22,480 · 10.4 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.1% | 33% |
| Pont-d'Ain 2,843 · 10.7 mi | 41.8 | 21% | 4.1% | 8.7% |
| Ceyzériat 3,328 · 11 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
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 Maillat
What is the population of Maillat?
669 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (657).
How old are Maillat’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maillat?
13, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maillat?
INSEE counts 99 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 68 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maillat?
€30,120 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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