Maylis is older than 96% of compared French towns: a median age of 57
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Maylis has 7.5%. The town counted 294 residents and 130 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 38% of households are headed by a retired person here. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Landes 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 Maylis
An older town
Half of Maylis’ residents are under 57 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Maylis had 329 residents at the 2012 census and 294 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Maylis changed by −11% from 2012 to 2023, behind 98% 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 Landes town +9%. The first five years brought −4%; the six to 2023, −7%.
4.8% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Maylis 57. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Maylis, 36%. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Maylis sits below 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (3.8%)
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 Landes median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are couples with children here. About one in three: that is how common one-person households are in Maylis (31%). In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents.
Maylis ranks below 68% of compared French towns on households without a car: 7.8%
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
One household in 13 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Census figures put second homes at 3.8% in Maylis. At 8.2%, the share of empty homes is higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €25,420 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 €25,420 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 61% of compared French towns: 7.8%
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
Across Maylis, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. Typically, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 75% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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 Landes has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 75% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up about one in 26 here (3.8%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
53% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 98% 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
Fewer single residents than in 56% of compared French towns: 25%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Maylis sits below 73% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (23%)
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
Adults with no qualification come to 20% in Maylis, about two in ten. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 294 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Maylis
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maylis | 57 | 36% | 3.8% | 3.8% |
| Hagetmau 4,624 · 5.5 mi | 53.2 | 31% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Sever 5,043 · 7.2 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.4% | 3.9% |
| Tartas 3,169 · 10.9 mi | 51.8 | 31% | 2.8% | 3.9% |
| Pontonx-sur-l'Adour 3,021 · 13.7 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 4.4% | 4.1% |
| Orthez 10,881 · 15 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 2.9% | 7.7% |
| Saint-Pierre-du-Mont 10,092 · 15.4 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 2.2% | 10% |
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 Maylis
What is the population of Maylis?
294 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (329).
How old are Maylis’ residents?
The median age is 57, older than 96% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maylis?
6, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maylis?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maylis?
€25,420 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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