A median age of 54.9: Maisonnisses is older than 94% of compared French towns
Single-parent households make up 5.6%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. 0.7% of homes are flats. More households headed by a retired person than in 92% of compared French towns: 44%. Maisonnisses had 176 residents in 88 households at the 2023 census.
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 Maisonnisses
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in Maisonnisses, 14% of its 140 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Maisonnisses had 204 residents at the 2012 census and 176 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Maisonnisses’ residents are under 54.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 35 homes empty (24%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
14% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%. Fewer households without a car than in 68% of compared French towns: 7.9%. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty. Households that moved in under two years ago: 4.5%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 30%.
Maisonnisses changed by −14% from 2012 to 2023, behind 99% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −5% in Creuse. Here the change came as −7% to 2017, then −7% to 2023.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 6.8% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Maisonnisses 54.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 32%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 86% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 39% in Maisonnisses. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2 people.
Standard of living at the median: €24,100 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.
Living standards centre on €24,100 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 91% of compared French towns, at 22%
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, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Maisonnisses, 5.6%. Typically, 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).
3.4% of residents are immigrants, below 79% of compared French towns
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Maisonnisses has 2.3%. The wider picture: 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.
Maisonnisses sits below 97% of compared French towns for married residents (31%)
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
The share of single residents is 32%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 13% in Maisonnisses, less than in 82% 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
With graduates of higher education at 24%, Maisonnisses is behind 71% of compared French towns on that count. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
6th highest median age among 41 French towns of 176 to 2,582
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).
Maisonnisses is younger than 1 of its 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maisonnisses | 54.9 | 32% | 14% | 3.4% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 6.3 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 7.7 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 14.9 mi | 56.8 | 37% | 8.5% | 6.6% |
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 Maisonnisses
What is the population of Maisonnisses?
176 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (204).
How old are Maisonnisses’ residents?
The median age is 54.9, older than 94% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maisonnisses?
19, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maisonnisses?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maisonnisses?
€24,100 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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