Photo: Béa at French Wikipedia · Public domainA median age of 56.8: Mauriac is older than 96% of compared French towns
Couples with children: 16% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Second homes: nearly a tenth of the total. Lower than in 79% of compared French towns: 5.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional. There were 1,760 households in Mauriac at the 2023 Census, home to 3,449 residents.
Throughout this page, the Cantal 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 Mauriac
An older town
Half of Mauriac’s residents are under 56.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Mauriac had 3,753 residents at the 2012 census and 3,449 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 410 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
49% of Mauriac’s households are one person: higher than in 92% of compared French towns; 35% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
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 Mauriac: −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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −4%, and from 2017 to 2023 −4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Cantal town −3%.
Mauriac sits above 96% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (37%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mauriac 56.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 8.1% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A larger share of one-person households than 92% of compared French towns: 49%
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 Cantal median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Mauriac, 7.4%. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
17% of homes stand empty, more 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
Some one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 23% who have been there 30 years or more. Here, 18% of households have no car. More flats than in 62% of compared French towns: 39%. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €23,880 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.
Half of Mauriac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,880 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 73% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 15.0% of residents.
Mauriac sits above 89% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (43%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Mauriac has 11%. On average, 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 81% of compared French towns, at 3.1%
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: 2.5% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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 35% of residents 15 and over are married in Mauriac
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
30% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 86% of compared French towns: 20%
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%; Mauriac has 24%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 3,419 to 3,481 people, the 2nd 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.
At the ends of the range sit Moult-Chicheboville (35.9), the youngest, and Saint-Sulpice-de-Royan (58.7), the oldest.
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 Mauriac
What is the population of Mauriac?
3,449 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (3,753).
How old are Mauriac’s residents?
The median age is 56.8, older than 96% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mauriac?
190, with occasional dwellings: 8.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mauriac?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 88 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mauriac?
€23,880 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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