Maxstadt ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 2.1%
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children; in Maxstadt, 32%. The town had 297 residents in 130 households at the 2023 census. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 20%. Half of the town’s residents are over 48.1, older than in 75% of compared French towns.
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 Maxstadt
Fewer residents than in 2012
Maxstadt had 325 residents at the 2012 census and 297 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 96% of compared French towns grew faster than Maxstadt: −9%
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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Moselle town −1%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −3%; 2017 to 2023, −6%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 74% of compared French towns: 9.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Maxstadt 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails two thirds of compared French towns: 20%. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Maxstadt sits below 96% of compared French towns for one-person households (24%)
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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. Maxstadt has more single-parent households than 78% of compared French towns, at 12%. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 6.3% of households have no car
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 9.3% in Maxstadt.
A median standard of living of €26,840 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 midpoint of living standards here is €26,840 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 24%, a lower share than 86% 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
In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Maxstadt, 12%. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Maxstadt, 4.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 67% 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 3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 70% of compared French towns: 46%
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
Single residents account for 25%. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Maxstadt, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 66% 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 32% in Maxstadt and 30% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
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).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Maxstadt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maxstadt | 48.1 | 20% | 0% | 4.7% |
| Macheren 2,814 · 4.2 mi | 49.3 | 24% | 0.7% | 8.7% |
| Valmont 3,041 · 4.9 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Folschviller 3,916 · 5.4 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.3% | 18% |
| Saint-Avold 14,755 · 5.8 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 1.1% | 11% |
| Puttelange-aux-Lacs 3,016 · 6 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.1% | 15% |
| Hombourg-Haut 5,976 · 6.1 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 1% | 15% |
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 Maxstadt
What is the population of Maxstadt?
297 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (325).
How old are Maxstadt’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maxstadt?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maxstadt?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maxstadt?
€26,840 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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