Saint-Maximin ranks below 98% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 1.3%
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 20%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Saint-Maximin is home to 689 residents in 300 households, by the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 14: 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24. Few places have so few flats: 7% here, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Isère 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.
Faster growth than 62% of compared French towns: Saint-Maximin changed by +8% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +2%; from 2017 to 2023, +5%.
Saint-Maximin is older than 69% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Maximin 46.9. The median compared French town: 44.
On the census count, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 27%, a lower share than 87% of compared French towns
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 Isère median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.3 people. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 29%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 71% of compared French towns. By its share of single-parent households (8.4%), Saint-Maximin is below 76% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households without a car than 95% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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
Here 5.1% of homes are second homes, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. As a reference point, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. 26% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.7% moved in within the last two years. At 5.7%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €31,510 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 median standard of living in Saint-Maximin is €31,510 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
Saint-Maximin sits below 78% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (9.8%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Saint-Maximin has 36%. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 96% of compared French towns: 0.9%
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.
Immigrants: 3.8%, below 75% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 17% of residents 15 and over are single
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 43% in the typical compared French town, 54% of residents 15 and over are married here. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 96% of compared French towns, at 9.8%
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
Graduates of higher education: 43%, above 84% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Saint-Maximin is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Maximin | 46.9 | 23% | 5.1% | 3.8% |
| Pontcharra 7,350 · 1 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 1.8% | 8.8% |
| Allevard 3,971 · 3 mi | 46 | 22% | 29% | 7.5% |
| Chapareillan 3,065 · 3.7 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 3.5% | 4.1% |
| Crêts en Belledonne 3,470 · 4.1 mi | 42.3 | 17% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Valgelon-La Rochette 4,207 · 4.3 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 2.8% | 6.8% |
| Porte-de-Savoie 3,974 · 5.1 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 5.5% | 4.2% |
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-Maximin
What is the population of Saint-Maximin?
689 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (639).
How old are Saint-Maximin’s residents?
The median age is 46.9, older than 69% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Maximin?
17, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Maximin?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Maximin?
€31,510 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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