Flats make up 2.4% in Maisonnay, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 3.7% in Maisonnay. There were 110 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 252 residents. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in three here (32%). Couples with children are more common here than in 83% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Deux-Sèvres 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.
From 2012 to 2023, 70% of compared French towns grew faster than Maisonnay: ±0%
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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Deux-Sèvres town +1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +2%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%.
17% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 84% 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
■ Maisonnay 40.7. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.6% in Maisonnay. What’s more, with a median age of 40.7, Maisonnay is younger than 75% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
In Maisonnay, 4.6% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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 Deux-Sèvres median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Lower than in 88% of compared French towns: 27% of households are one person living alone. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Maisonnay sits above 81% of compared French towns for second homes (6.4%)
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
In the last two years, 11% of households moved in; at the other end, 26% have stayed 30 years or more. 8.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 69% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Maisonnay sits close to the norm on empty homes: 7.2%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,550 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.
At €23,550 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
In Maisonnay, 27% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 76% of compared French towns
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 98% of compared French towns: 1.2% of residents are immigrants
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: 0.8% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 33% of residents 15 and over are married
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Maisonnay. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Maisonnay sits below 97% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (15%)
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 adults with no qualification at 24%, Maisonnay is ahead of 72% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (252 to 2,582 people), the 4th youngest
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.
No nearby town is as young as Maisonnay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maisonnay | 40.7 | 17% | 6.4% | 1.2% |
| Melle 5,752 · 4.9 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 4.3% | 3.7% |
| Celles-sur-Belle 3,829 · 9.1 mi | 46.5 | 23% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Aigondigné 4,710 · 12.4 mi | 43.7 | 18% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Valence-en-Poitou 4,325 · 15 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Rouillé 2,533 · 16.3 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 2.9% | 2% |
| Ruffec 3,449 · 16.4 mi | 55.8 | 37% | 4.9% | 10% |
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 Maisonnay
What is the population of Maisonnay?
252 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (252).
How old are Maisonnay’s residents?
The median age is 40.7, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maisonnay?
8, with occasional dwellings: 6.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maisonnay?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maisonnay?
€23,550 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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