10% of homes are flats, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Maing comes in at 30%. At 5.5%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 84% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 3,954 residents and 1,680 households locally. Empty homes account for 8.5%.
Throughout this page, the Nord 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.
From 2012 to 2023, 79% of compared French towns grew faster than Maing: −2%
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nord town ±0%.
Younger than 52% of compared French towns: half of Maing is under 43.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Maing 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over in Maing.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 76% of compared French towns, at 8.4%
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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.3 people on average. One-person households are rarer here than in 56% of compared French towns. Typically, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
In Maing, 0.8% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns
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
The share of households without a car is 13%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.3%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 31%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,710 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 €25,710 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 53% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 15.0%.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 68% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Maing comes in at 30%. As a reference point, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. The census found that 16% of households are headed by a manual worker locally.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Maing sits below 85% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.7%)
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Maing has 1.5%. The wider picture: 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.
More married residents than 51% of compared French towns: 43%
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
Fewer single residents than in 55% of compared French towns: 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 32% in Maing, more than in 57% 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
Adults with no qualification are rarer here than in 51% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
41 French towns of 3,930 to 3,983 people: this is the 20th youngest
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 Suippes (32.4), the oldest Erquy (64.9).
Every neighbor is younger than Maing
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maing | 43.8 | 23% | 0.8% | 2.7% |
| Trith-Saint-Léger 6,019 · 1.5 mi | 40.6 | 20% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Thiant 2,914 · 1.7 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes 7,080 · 2.2 mi | 35.9 | 19% | 0.8% | 7.9% |
| La Sentinelle 3,103 · 2.9 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 1.9% | 5.6% |
| Valenciennes 43,468 · 3.4 mi | 36.4 | 17% | 3% | 11% |
| Hérin 4,169 · 3.5 mi | 38.7 | 16% | 0.2% | 2.8% |
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 Maing
What is the population of Maing?
3,954 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (4,047).
How old are Maing’s residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maing?
15, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maing?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 60 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maing?
€25,710 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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