Maisons is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.8
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes account for 2.8%. Maisons had 59 residents in 34 households at the 2023 census. In Maisons, 13% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Aude 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 Maisons
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 43 second homes and occasional dwellings in Maisons, 55% of its 79 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Maisons had 42 residents at the 2012 census and 59 in 2023, up 40%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Maisons (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 20% of residents, against 6% for the median compared commune in Aude. 14% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
An older town
Half of Maisons’ residents are under 54.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
55% of homes are second homes, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 share of flats trails 95% of compared French towns: 5%. Locally, 5.3% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Maisons has grown +40%, faster than 99% 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
Here the change came as +10% to 2017, then +28% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Aude.
33% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Maisons 54.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
41% women, 59% men
About 69 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns, at 50%
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 Aude median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 1.7 people. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 76% of compared French towns, at 38%
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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Maisons ranks above 92% of compared French towns on immigrants: 20%
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.
Foreign nationals: 14% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Maisons sits below 99% of compared French towns for married residents (26%)
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 Maisons, 16% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 83% of compared French towns: 42%
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
Here 15% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 59 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Maisons
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maisons | 54.8 | 33% | 55% | 20% |
| Espira-de-l'Agly 3,524 · 14.7 mi | 43.1 | 21% | 2.7% | 5.2% |
| Baixas 2,777 · 15.2 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 4.4% | 5.1% |
| Salses-le-Château 3,965 · 16 mi | 42.2 | 23% | 7% | 5.8% |
| Rivesaltes 9,270 · 16.5 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 3.1% | 9.3% |
| Millas 4,417 · 16.6 mi | 45.1 | 24% | 7.7% | 7.7% |
| Pézilla-la-Rivière 4,129 · 17.6 mi | 41.6 | 20% | 2.6% | 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 Maisons
What is the population of Maisons?
59 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 40% more than in 2012 (42).
How old are Maisons’ residents?
The median age is 54.8, older than 94% of compared French towns. 7.7% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maisons?
43, with occasional dwellings: 55% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maisons?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 20% of residents, and 8 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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