Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.7% of homes are flats
32% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Saint-Maxire had 1,319 residents in 570 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 1.7% of households have no car. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 93% of compared French towns: 7.9%.
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.
Since 2012, Saint-Maxire has grown +15%, faster than 83% 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 +14%; 2017 to 2023, +1%.
Saint-Maxire is older than 61% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Maxire 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
A fifth of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%).
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 98% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Saint-Maxire sits close to the norm on single-parent households: 9.1%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
2.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 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
At 1.5%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. About one in 21: that is how common empty homes are in Saint-Maxire (4.7%).
Standard of living at the median: €28,910 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 €28,910 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
In Saint-Maxire, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 62% 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
About one in ten: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Saint-Maxire (9.7%). The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%. There is little gap on households headed by a retired person: 32%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.3%
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.
The share of foreign nationals trails 93% of compared French towns: 1.1%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
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 single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 16%
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 the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Saint-Maxire, 54%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Saint-Maxire ranks below 89% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 12%
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Saint-Maxire. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 1,319 to 2,582 people, the 21st 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Saint-Maxire
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Saint-Maxire
What is the population of Saint-Maxire?
1,319 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (1,142).
How old are Saint-Maxire’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 61% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Maxire?
9, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Maxire?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Maxire?
€28,910 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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