Only 24% of households are one person living alone in Malicorne
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 763 residents in 330 households. Roughly three in ten: 29% of households are headed by a manual worker. With second homes at 5.8%, Malicorne is ahead of 79% of compared French towns on that count.
Throughout this page, the Allier 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 Malicorne
Fewer residents than in 2012
Malicorne had 829 residents at the 2012 census and 763 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 95% of compared French towns grew faster than Malicorne: −8%
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 Allier town −1%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −4%; 2017 to 2023, −4%.
Older than 75% of compared French towns: half of Malicorne is over 48.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Malicorne 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
9.9% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). On the census count, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 77% of compared French towns, at 12%
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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 26%, more than in 54% of compared French towns. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%.
Malicorne sits above 75% of compared French towns for households in social housing (19%)
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
Nothing unusual on empty homes: 7.6%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. On households without a car, Malicorne sits lower than 56% of compared French towns: 9.6%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%.
Median standard of living: €23,890 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,890 a year: lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 5.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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 a third of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 0.9%, a lower share than 96% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 80% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%. Census figures put immigrants at 3.3% in Malicorne.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
53% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Malicorne, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 98% 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 figure for adults with no qualification is 24% in Malicorne and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Malicorne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malicorne | 48.1 | 23% | 5.8% | 3.3% |
| Commentry 6,017 · 1.3 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 2.4% | 4.6% |
| Désertines 4,259 · 7.1 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 1.5% | 5% |
| Montluçon 33,147 · 7.7 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Prémilhat 2,540 · 9.4 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 2.3% | 5.9% |
| Domérat 8,622 · 10.5 mi | 53.5 | 33% | 1.6% | 4.4% |
| Saint-Éloy-les-Mines 3,480 · 10.5 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 4.8% | 6.2% |
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 Malicorne
What is the population of Malicorne?
763 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (829).
How old are Malicorne’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Malicorne?
22, with occasional dwellings: 5.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Malicorne?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Malicorne?
€23,890 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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