In Malakoff, 49% of households have no car, more than in 99% of compared French towns
In Malakoff, 47% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. Across Malakoff, 84% of homes are flats. The median age in the town is 39.5, lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. There were 14,960 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 30,557 residents.
Throughout this page, the Hauts-de-Seine 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 Malakoff
Immigrants
INSEE counts 6,000 immigrants in Malakoff (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 20% of residents, against 18% for the median compared commune in Hauts-de-Seine. 14% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Social housing
41% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 24% rent privately and 32% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Many graduates
51% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 26% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
±0% since 2012: slower than 68% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Hauts-de-Seine town +4%. The first five years brought +1%; the six to 2023, −1%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 88% of compared French towns: 16%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Malakoff 39.5. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (13%), Malakoff is above 87% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hauts-de-Seine 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 70% of compared French towns: 21%
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 Hauts-de-Seine median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 12% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2 people each.
Households in social housing make up 41% in Malakoff, more than in 98% 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
Car-free households: one in two, where the median compared French town has 11%. Few places have as many second homes: 3.5% here, more than in 67% of compared French towns. Typically, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 5.9%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,400 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 €28,400 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 74% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 16.8% of residents.
27% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 95% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 22%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker: 7.9% of the total. The wider picture: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 92% of compared French towns: 20% 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.
In Malakoff, 14% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 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 higher share of single residents than 97% of compared French towns, at 39%
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
With married residents at 33%, Malakoff is behind 94% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Malakoff: 51% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 94% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 16%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 29,259 to 31,970 people, the 17th 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.
Clichy-sous-Bois is the youngest (30.5); Agde the oldest (56.2).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Malakoff
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 Malakoff
What is the population of Malakoff?
30,557 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (30,420).
How old are Malakoff’s residents?
The median age is 39.5, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Malakoff?
580, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Malakoff?
INSEE counts 5,970 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 20% of residents, and 4,180 foreign nationals (14%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Malakoff?
€28,400 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.8% 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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