A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.5%
Just over a third of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). In 2023, the Census found 392 residents in Maizy, living in 180 households. Second homes account for 6.3%. Lower than in 89% of compared French towns: 8.4% of residents are 15 to 24.
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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 Maizy
Fewer residents than in 2012
Maizy had 435 residents at the 2012 census and 392 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Maizy changed by −10% from 2012 to 2023, behind 97% 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
In two steps, −6% to 2017 and −5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −4% in Aisne.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 18% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Maizy 43. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Maizy’s residents are under 43, younger than in 58% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 2.9% in Maizy, less than in 99% 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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.2 people. More couples with children than in 68% of compared French towns: 29%. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. For Maizy, the census puts one-person households at 34%.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 6% of households have no car
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
One household in 17 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Locally, nearly one in ten homes stand empty. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €25,370 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.
Half of residents live in households above €25,370 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 18%, a lower share than 97% 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
Locally, 8.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.7% of residents are foreign nationals in Maizy
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.
By its share of immigrants (2.8%), Maizy is below 84% of compared French towns. Against that, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 71% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Locally, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 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
Adults with no qualification: 26%, above 82% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 392 to 2,582 people: this is the 12th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Maizy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maizy | 43 | 18% | 6.3% | 2.8% |
| Fismes 5,850 · 5.3 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Aisne 2,792 · 11.8 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.3% | 2.4% |
| Athies-sous-Laon 2,578 · 13.4 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 0.7% | 2% |
| Laon 24,220 · 13.6 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 1.8% | 9.4% |
| Saint-Brice-Courcelles 3,566 · 14.2 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 0.6% | 3.9% |
| Tinqueux 10,771 · 15 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 6.1% |
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 Maizy
What is the population of Maizy?
392 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (435).
How old are Maizy’s residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maizy?
13, with occasional dwellings: 6.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maizy?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maizy?
€25,370 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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