Half of Faux-Mazuras is over 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 88 households in Faux-Mazuras at the 2023 Census, home to 186 residents. The census found that 1.1% of households have no car in the town. Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Faux-Mazuras comes in at 1.5%.
Throughout this page, the Creuse 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 Faux-Mazuras
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Faux-Mazuras, 24% of its 140 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Faux-Mazuras’ residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 16 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 24%, a higher share than 94% 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
The share of empty homes tops 88% of compared French towns: 12%. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 4.6% of households arrived within the last two years, while 25% have stayed 30 years or more.
Growth of +8% since 2012 puts Faux-Mazuras ahead of 61% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +5%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Creuse town −5%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of compared French towns: 7.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Faux-Mazuras 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Faux-Mazuras has 27%. The wider picture: 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: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are couples with children, below 64% 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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.1 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of one-person households is 33%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,450 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 midpoint of living standards here is €25,450 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 75% of compared French towns: 28%
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. 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Against that, 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).
Above 70% of compared French towns: 7.1% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
About one in 14: that is how common immigrants are in Faux-Mazuras (7.1%). That is higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 92% of compared French towns
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 Faux-Mazuras, nearly a quarter 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.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 85% 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
22% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 186 to 2,582 people
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Faux-Mazuras
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Faux-Mazuras | 54.5 | 27% | 24% | 7.1% |
| Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat 4,366 · 15.4 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.5% | 5.3% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 16.4 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 17.1 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
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 Faux-Mazuras
What is the population of Faux-Mazuras?
186 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (173).
How old are Faux-Mazuras’ residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Faux-Mazuras?
34, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Faux-Mazuras?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (7.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Faux-Mazuras?
€25,450 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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