A smaller share of flats than 93% of compared French towns: 6.6%
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Maillé has 22%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 557 residents and 270 households locally. For Maillé, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 26%.
Throughout this page, the Indre-et-Loire 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 Maillé
Fewer residents than in 2012
Maillé had 594 residents at the 2012 census and 557 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−6% since 2012, a pace below 91% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +5% for the median Indre-et-Loire town, the change came in two steps: −3% from 2012 to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Maillé is older than 79% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Maillé 49.1. The median compared French town: 44.
9.7% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% 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: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of one-person households than 65% of compared French towns, at 39%
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 Indre-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 24% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the median compared French town; 5.6% are single parents with their children (10%).
A lower share of households without a car than 75% of compared French towns, at 6.7%
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
3.9% of homes are second homes, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. The share of households in social housing stands at 14%. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 7.9%, more than in 62% of compared French towns.
At the median, €24,270 a year to live on
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 €24,270 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 85% of compared French towns, at 41%
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 make up 5.6%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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).
1.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 95% 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.
The median compared commune in Indre-et-Loire has 4.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 71: 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals. Across the 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.
Single residents: 22%, a lower share than 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Maillé comes in at 41%. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 15% in Maillé, less than in 97% 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
Here 22% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 557 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Maillé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maillé | 49.1 | 26% | 3.9% | 1.6% |
| Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine 4,092 · 4.3 mi | 51 | 33% | 2.4% | 3.9% |
| Descartes 3,369 · 7.1 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 3% | 2.5% |
| Dangé-Saint-Romain 2,959 · 8.3 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Sorigny 2,938 · 14.2 mi | 40 | 17% | 1% | 4.7% |
| Saint-Branchs 2,637 · 14.8 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.9% | 2.1% |
| Artannes-sur-Indre 2,795 · 15.3 mi | 46.4 | 20% | 3.4% | 3.3% |
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 Maillé
What is the population of Maillé?
557 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (594).
How old are Maillé’s residents?
The median age is 49.1, older than 79% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maillé?
12, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maillé?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maillé?
€24,270 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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