Half of Maël-Carhaix is over 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns
3.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Maël-Carhaix had 1,497 residents in 740 households at the 2023 Census. Flats account for 6.3%. Fewer couples with children than in 75% of compared French towns: 20%.
Throughout this page, the Côtes-d'Armor 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 Maël-Carhaix
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Maël-Carhaix, 12% of its 1,030 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Maël-Carhaix’s residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Maël-Carhaix had 1,612 residents at the 2012 census and 1,497 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 170 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 17%, a higher share than 97% 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
Car-free households: one in 12, where the median compared French town has 11%. 5.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in 18. Second homes are more common here than in 89% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 93% of compared French towns: Maël-Carhaix changed by −7% since 2012
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +3% for the median Côtes-d'Armor town, the change came in two steps: −7% from 2012 to 2017, then ±0% to 2023.
In Maël-Carhaix, 6.9% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% 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
■ Maël-Carhaix 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In Maël-Carhaix, just over a third of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
5.7% of households are single parents, fewer 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 Côtes-d'Armor median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 44% of households are one person living alone in Maël-Carhaix. As a reference point, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On average, 1.9 people share a household.
A typical living standard of €22,920 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 Maël-Carhaix is €22,920 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 36% of households are headed by a retired person here. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 78% of compared French towns: 8.9%
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.
In Maël-Carhaix, nearly one in ten residents are immigrants, beside 6.5% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 67% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 69% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 22% in Maël-Carhaix, less than in 81% 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
Across Maël-Carhaix, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,497 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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).
Maël-Carhaix sits below 3 of its 4 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maël-Carhaix | 54.5 | 34% | 12% | 9.4% |
| Rostrenen 3,282 · 6 mi | 54.6 | 34% | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| Carhaix-Plouguer 7,412 · 6.9 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.9% | 6% |
| Gourin 3,960 · 13.2 mi | 55.3 | 33% | 7.6% | 4.3% |
| Le Faouët 2,814 · 17.5 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 8.2% | 3.8% |
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 Maël-Carhaix
What is the population of Maël-Carhaix?
1,497 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (1,612).
How old are Maël-Carhaix’s residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maël-Carhaix?
120, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maël-Carhaix?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.4% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (8.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maël-Carhaix?
€22,920 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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