Half of Mautes is over 55.4, older than 94% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 100 households in Mautes at the 2023 Census, home to 194 residents. On the census count, just over a quarter of households are single parents. The share of households headed by a retired person is 40%, against 32% in the typical compared French town.
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 Mautes
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 96 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mautes, 43% of its 220 homes: higher than in 96% 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
Mautes had 227 residents at the 2012 census and 194 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Mautes’ residents are under 55.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 28 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Mautes: 43% of homes are second homes, above 96% 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
One household in 17 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Households without a car account for 6%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
−15% since 2012, a pace below 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −7%; 2017 to 2023, −8%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Creuse town −5%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.2% in Mautes, less than in 99% 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
■ Mautes 55.4. The median compared French town: 44.
34% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Only 11% of households are couples with children in Mautes
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 share of one-person households tops 78% of compared French towns: 42%. There are 1.9 people in the average household. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €20,790 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 Mautes is €20,790 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 4.2% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
4.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Mautes, 6% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 64% 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.
Put another way, about one in 14: 7.3% of residents are immigrants. That is higher than in 56% 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.
A lower share of married residents than 94% of compared French towns, at 33%
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
Single residents make up about one in four here (25%). In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 33% and 5.3%, and 9% are widowed.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Adults with no qualification make up 21%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 194 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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).
Mautes and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mautes | 55.4 | 34% | 43% | 7.3% |
| Aubusson 3,018 · 10.2 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 Mautes
What is the population of Mautes?
194 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (227).
How old are Mautes’ residents?
The median age is 55.4, older than 94% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mautes?
96, with occasional dwellings: 43% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mautes?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.3% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mautes?
€20,790 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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