In Maxent, 1.3% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
With households without a car at 5.5%, Maxent is behind 84% of compared French towns on that count. 1,450 residents in 600 households: that is Maxent at the 2023 Census. For Maxent, the census puts households in social housing at 2.3%. More households headed by a manual worker than in 94% of compared French towns: 24%.
Throughout this page, the Ille-et-Vilaine 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 Maxent
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 10% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 50% of compared French towns: Maxent changed by +5% since 2012
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 median Ille-et-Vilaine town changed +15% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +6% and the next six −1%.
Maxent is younger than 72% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Maxent 41.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 72% of compared French towns: 9.5%. 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ille-et-Vilaine 51.2%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 89% of compared French towns, at 33%
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 Ille-et-Vilaine median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.4 people. At 32%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 68% of compared French towns. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, 10% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Second homes make up 8.3% in Maxent, more than in 86% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 20%. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. One household in 18 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
A median of €24,820 a year per consumption unit
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 €24,820 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 58% of compared French towns: 31%
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
On the census count, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Typically, 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).
1.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 94% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals here. For comparison, 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.
38% of residents 15 and over are married, below 78% of compared French towns
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: 24% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 62% of compared French towns: 17% of adults out of school have no 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Maxent. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,450 to 2,582 people, the 6th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Maxent
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxent | 41.2 | 19% | 8.3% | 1.8% |
| Plélan-le-Grand 4,076 · 3.6 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 5.4% | 1.7% |
| Val d'Anast 3,930 · 5.8 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 6.1% | 1.3% |
| Guer 6,208 · 6.6 mi | 41.6 | 22% | 5% | 3.6% |
| Guignen 4,175 · 8.5 mi | 37.8 | 12% | 3.5% | 1.5% |
| Bréal-sous-Montfort 6,391 · 8.5 mi | 40.4 | 15% | 1.3% | 1.8% |
| Goven 4,359 · 8.6 mi | 41.4 | 16% | 1.5% | 2.3% |
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 Maxent
What is the population of Maxent?
1,450 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (1,383).
How old are Maxent’s residents?
The median age is 41.2, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maxent?
58, with occasional dwellings: 8.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maxent?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maxent?
€24,820 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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