A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 20%
In Maisons, 3.4% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. This Calvados town had 435 residents in 180 households at the 2023 census. The share of flats stands at 1.9%. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 93% of compared French towns: 7.9%.
Throughout this page, the Calvados 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 nine is a second home
The census counted 22 second homes and occasional dwellings in Maisons, 11% of its 210 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 82% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Maisons, 1.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Maisons comes in at 11%. For households in social housing, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 12%. 3.4% of households have no car, or about one in 29.
Since 2012, Maisons has grown +12%, faster than 74% 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 −1% to 2017, then +12% to 2023.
Maisons is older than 76% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Maisons 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Maisons comes in at 25%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Maisons sits below 97% of compared French towns for single-parent households (5.7%)
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 Calvados median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 31% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. On average, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.5 people on average.
A typical living standard of €28,740 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.
The median standard of living in Maisons is €28,740 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 2.9%, a lower share than 98% 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
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 37% in Maisons. The usual figure: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker: a fifth of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.2% of residents are immigrants in Maisons
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.2% of residents are foreign nationals in Maisons. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Calvados has 3.1%. Typically, 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.
Only 14% of residents 15 and over are single in Maisons
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 56% in Maisons. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 21% in Maisons, more than in 62% 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
Graduates of higher education: 28%, below 57% of compared French towns. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 435 to 2,582 people, the 15th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Maisons is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maisons | 48.4 | 25% | 11% | 0.2% |
| Bayeux 12,659 · 3.1 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 4.4% | 3.2% |
| Le Molay-Littry 3,124 · 7.7 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.3% | 1.4% |
| Thue et Mue 6,182 · 12.9 mi | 39.8 | 16% | 1% | 1.4% |
| Courseulles-sur-Mer 4,268 · 13.4 mi | 65.3 | 51% | 55% | 2.6% |
| Rots 2,544 · 14.1 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| Isigny-sur-Mer 3,543 · 15.3 mi | 52.4 | 30% | 7.6% | 1.3% |
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?
435 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (390).
How old are Maisons’ residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maisons?
22, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maisons?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maisons?
€28,740 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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