2.8% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.3% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Maizilly counted 317 residents and 140 households at the 2023 Census. Single-parent households account for 3.6%. At 9.1%, the share of second homes is higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the 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 Maizilly
Fewer residents than in 2012
Maizilly had 346 residents at the 2012 census and 317 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 27 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−8% since 2012, a pace below 95% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +3% in Loire.
Maizilly is older than 71% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Maizilly 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, against 22% 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: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 73% of compared French towns: 29%
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 Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 31%, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of households in social housing than 98% of compared French towns: 1.5%
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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Maizilly comes in at 14%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%. Census figures put flats at 9.9% locally.
Standard of living at the median: €24,280 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.
Half of Maizilly’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,280 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 3.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 38% of households are headed by a retired person here. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The census found that 18% of households are headed by a manual worker in Maizilly.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.2%, a lower share than 90% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 1%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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.
In Maizilly, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer 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
The figure for married residents is 51% in Maizilly and 43% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 68% 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 21% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Maizilly is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maizilly | 47.3 | 24% | 9.1% | 2.2% |
| Charlieu 3,766 · 3.7 mi | 50.4 | 32% | 7.2% | 4.1% |
| Chauffailles 3,638 · 4.8 mi | 58.1 | 39% | 6.3% | 6% |
| Cours 4,306 · 6.7 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 5.8% | 4.7% |
| Pouilly-sous-Charlieu 2,588 · 6.8 mi | 49.2 | 28% | 1.2% | 5.1% |
| Thizy-les-Bourgs 5,771 · 10.3 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 4% | 6.6% |
| Mably 7,233 · 11.3 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 0.8% | 7.8% |
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 Maizilly
What is the population of Maizilly?
317 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (346).
How old are Maizilly’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maizilly?
17, with occasional dwellings: 9.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maizilly?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maizilly?
€24,280 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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