Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Maizey is over 54.3
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 155 residents in 71 households: that is Maizey at the 2023 Census. Flats make up about one in 30 here (3.3%). Compared with 2.1% in the typical compared French town, one in ten homes are second homes here.
Throughout this page, the Meuse 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 Maizey
Fewer residents than in 2012
Maizey had 172 residents at the 2012 census and 155 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Maizey’s residents are under 54.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 2.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 12 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−10% since 2012, a pace below 97% 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
Over those years, the median Meuse town changed −8% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −4%, then −6% to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 91% of compared French towns: 33%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Maizey 54.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 83% of compared French towns, at 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 Meuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.2 people on average. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Meanwhile, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 29% in Maizey.
Maizey ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households without a car: 2.8%
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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 13% of homes stand empty here. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. Newcomers of less than two years account for nearly one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 30%.
Median standard of living: €27,420 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.
The median standard of living in Maizey is €27,420 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
Maizey: 43% of households are headed by a retired person, above 90% of compared French towns
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (21%), Maizey is above 88% of compared French towns. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Maizey, 1.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 92% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Maizey, 0.6%. By way of 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.
58% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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
In Maizey, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 79% 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
23% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 155 to 2,582
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Maizey
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maizey | 54.3 | 33% | 9.8% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 2.6 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Commercy 5,350 · 12 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 9.4% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 16.9 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
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 Maizey
What is the population of Maizey?
155 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (172).
How old are Maizey’s residents?
The median age is 54.3, older than 93% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maizey?
9, with occasional dwellings: 9.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maizey?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maizey?
€27,420 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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