Only 2.4% of households have no car in Moulay
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Moulay has 11%. The share of single-parent households stands at 3.2%. On households in social housing, Moulay sits lower than 99% of compared French towns: 0.2%. The 2023 Census counted 973 residents in 460 households.
Throughout this page, the Mayenne 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 Moulay
An older town
Half of Moulay’s residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −1% change since 2012: slower than 74% 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
Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then +1% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Mayenne.
Older than 86% of compared French towns: half of Moulay is over 51
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Moulay 51. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 29%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Meanwhile, at 8.7%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Couples with children: 23%, a lower share than 60% 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 Mayenne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.1 people. At 34%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 57% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
89% of homes are houses
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
Long tenure is the mark of 28% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 10% (under two years). Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 6.1%, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns. 2% of homes are second homes, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €27,330 a year in standard of living
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 midpoint of living standards here is €27,330 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
Moulay ranks above 83% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 40%
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
Locally, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. Lower than in 55% of compared French towns: 8.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Moulay, 2.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 83% 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: 1.4%, below 87% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 17%
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 Moulay comes in at 50%. As a reference point, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 69% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Moulay comes in at 21%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 973 to 2,582 people
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.
Moulay is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Moulay
What is the population of Moulay?
973 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (984).
How old are Moulay’s residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Moulay?
10, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Moulay?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Moulay?
€27,330 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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