Couples with children make up 50% in Malandry, more than in 99% of compared French towns
5.6% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Malandry had 80 residents in 29 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 16% in the town. Few places have so few households without a car: 6.9% here, fewer than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ardennes 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 Malandry
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 5 second homes and occasional dwellings in Malandry, 14% of its 35 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
50% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Malandry (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 17% of residents, against 6.7% for the median compared commune in Ardennes. 14% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A young town
Half of Malandry’s residents are under 38.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 20% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 14% of its homes
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For Malandry, the census puts empty homes at 4.7%. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Malandry changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +5%, and from 2017 to 2023 −2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ardennes town −9%.
Malandry sits below 97% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (12%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Malandry 38.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 38.3, Malandry is younger than 87% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 17%
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 Ardennes median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.8 people in the average household. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Malandry ranks above 81% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 17%
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Malandry. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%. Put another way, about one in three: 33% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 89% of compared French towns: 17%
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 foreign nationals (14%), Malandry is above 90% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Married residents: 31%, a lower share than 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
28% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Malandry sits below 96% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (16%)
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Malandry comes in at 16%. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (80 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
Every neighbor is older than Malandry
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Malandry
What is the population of Malandry?
80 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (78).
How old are Malandry’s residents?
The median age is 38.3, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Malandry?
5, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Malandry?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (14%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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