Photo: AirScott · CC BY-SA 4.0Mauléon sits below 94% of compared French towns for flats (5.9%)
Here nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Mauléon’s 3,540 households held 8,573 residents at the 2023 Census. Census figures put single-parent households at 4.7% here. At 6.5%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 77% 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.
A +3% change since 2012: slower than 59% 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, +1% in Deux-Sèvres.
Mauléon is younger than 67% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mauléon 41.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 21% in Mauléon and 22% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in nine here (11%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 83% of compared French towns, at 32%
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
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. Few places have so few one-person households: 31% here, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households in social housing than 68% of compared French towns: 8.5%
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 15 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Set beside that, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 5.8% of homes stand empty.
€24,720 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,720 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 64% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 9.0%.
Mauléon sits above 58% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (34%)
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
Put another way, about one in 12: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Set beside 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).
Mauléon sits below 77% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.6%)
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 the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Mauléon has 2.9%. 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.
A larger share of married residents than 89% of compared French towns: 49%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 23% of residents 15 and over are single here. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 70% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Locally, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 9th youngest of 41 French towns of 8,479 to 8,667 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 34.3 in Saint-Jory to 62.3 in Le Grau-du-Roi.
Around Mauléon, 5 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauléon | 41.8 | 21% | 2.5% | 3.6% |
| Maulévrier 3,172 · 5.1 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 1.3% | 2.9% |
| La Tessoualle 3,167 · 6.1 mi | 48.2 | 26% | 0.8% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre 3,550 · 6.4 mi | 44.5 | 25% | 5.2% | 2.7% |
| Les Epesses 2,983 · 7.6 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 4.9% | 2.3% |
| Nueil-les-Aubiers 5,483 · 8 mi | 45 | 23% | 2.6% | 8.3% |
| Sèvremont 6,385 · 8.7 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 5% | 2.1% |
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 Mauléon
What is the population of Mauléon?
8,573 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (8,354).
How old are Mauléon’s residents?
The median age is 41.8, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mauléon?
96, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mauléon?
INSEE counts 310 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 250 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mauléon?
€24,720 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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