40% of households are couples with children, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Maizet comes in at 4.3%. Fewer households headed by a manual worker than in 92% of compared French towns: 6.6%. Census day 2023: 360 residents and 140 households locally. 0.8% of households have no car.
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 Maizet
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Maizet’s residents are under 38.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +12% since 2012, faster than 75% 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, +13% to 2017 and −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Calvados.
A median age of 38.2: Maizet is younger than 87% 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
■ Maizet 38.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 16%, below 88% of compared French towns. On top of that, on residents aged 15 to 24, Maizet sits lower than 87% of compared French towns: 8.6%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 23% in Maizet, less than in 97% 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 Calvados median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 11% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.6 people.
2.1% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 98% 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
Second homes make up 1.4%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 10% of households arrived within the last two years, while 23% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €26,740 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,740 a year: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
19% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 96% 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
7.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. By way of comparison, 32% 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).
Only 1.2% of residents are immigrants in Maizet
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.
0.6% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Calvados has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
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 99% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 86% of compared French towns: 43%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Maizet has 12%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 360 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Maizet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maizet | 38.2 | 16% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Fontaine-Étoupefour 2,810 · 4.6 mi | 41.3 | 16% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Martin-de-May 4,529 · 4.7 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 0.3% | 2.8% |
| Verson 4,059 · 5.4 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 0.6% | 2.4% |
| Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom 3,600 · 6.2 mi | 42.2 | 22% | 3.6% | 1.5% |
| Louvigny 2,612 · 6.3 mi | 46.1 | 26% | 1.7% | 3.7% |
| Fleury-sur-Orne 5,941 · 6.5 mi | 36.3 | 17% | 1.2% | 7.6% |
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 Maizet
What is the population of Maizet?
360 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (321).
How old are Maizet’s residents?
The median age is 38.2, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maizet?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maizet?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maizet?
€26,740 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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