La Maxe ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 43%
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, La Maxe has 3.5%. On households without a car, La Maxe sits lower than 97% of compared French towns: 3.4%. Its 400 households held 1,056 residents at the 2023 Census. The share of households in social housing stands at 1%.
Throughout this page, the Moselle 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 La Maxe
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 9.6% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
La Maxe had 868 residents at the 2012 census and 1,056 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 92% of compared French towns: La Maxe changed by +22% 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 population moved +6%, and from 2017 to 2023 +14%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Moselle town −1%.
Only 18% of residents are 65 or over in La Maxe
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Maxe 42. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.6%, below 71% of compared French towns. Add to that, with a median age of 42, La Maxe is younger than nearly two thirds of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 18%
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 Moselle median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.6 people on average. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 9.6%, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 80% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Turnover: 7.1% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 24% have lived in their home 30 years or more. 4.9% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 76% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 1.4%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €31,590 a year per consumption unit
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 residents live in households above €31,590 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 94% of compared French towns: 25%
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%; La Maxe has 26%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 6.3% of La Maxe’s residents
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 make up a share lower than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Moselle has 12%. On the census count, 3.6% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
La Maxe: 55% of residents 15 and over are married, above 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single here. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
La Maxe ranks below 95% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 10%
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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 40% in La Maxe and 30% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,056 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than La Maxe
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Maxe | 42 | 18% | 1.4% | 6.3% |
| Woippy 14,967 · 1.9 mi | 37.5 | 16% | 0.4% | 21% |
| Saint-Julien-lès-Metz 3,554 · 2.4 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 0.9% | 7.5% |
| Maizières-lès-Metz 11,580 · 3.5 mi | 39.4 | 19% | 0.2% | 13% |
| Le Ban-Saint-Martin 4,684 · 3.5 mi | 39.8 | 17% | 0.6% | 9.3% |
| Metz 122,572 · 3.9 mi | 36.4 | 18% | 2.7% | 20% |
| Longeville-lès-Metz 4,102 · 4 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 2.4% | 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 La Maxe
What is the population of La Maxe?
1,056 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (868).
How old are La Maxe’s residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Maxe?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Maxe?
INSEE counts 67 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Maxe?
€31,590 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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