Below 97% of compared French towns: 4.2% of homes are flats
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Maulde is home to 949 residents in 400 households, by the 2023 Census. 33% of households are couples with children, or about one in three. The share of households headed by a manual worker tops 96% of compared French towns: 25%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Maulde
Empty homes
The census found 54 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Maulde’s population moved −2% on 2012, less than in 80% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Nord town ±0%.
Half of Maulde is under 42.8, younger than 60% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Maulde 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 20% of residents are 65 or over here. Here, 12% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 89% of compared French towns: 27%
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
Households here average 2.4 people each. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Fewer single-parent households than in 50% of compared French towns: 10%.
12% of homes stand empty, more 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.1% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 30%. Fewer households without a car than in just over three quarters of compared French towns: 6.6%. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 1.5%.
€26,850 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €26,850 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
In Maulde, 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 65% 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
Locally, a third of households are headed by a retired person. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.6% of residents in Maulde are immigrants
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.
The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 58% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 18: 5.6% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 4.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 23% of residents 15 and over are single
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
45% of residents 15 and over are married and 8.5% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 7.5% are widowed. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 34% in Maulde, more than in 64% 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
For Maulde, the census puts adults with no qualification at 19%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 949 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Maulde, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maulde | 42.8 | 20% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| Lecelles 3,046 · 1.9 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 2.9% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Amand-les-Eaux 15,974 · 3.6 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 1.3% | 4.7% |
| Hergnies 4,479 · 4.6 mi | 40.4 | 17% | 0.6% | 4.8% |
| Hasnon 3,849 · 5.9 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 1.1% | 2% |
| Landas 2,518 · 6.3 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Vieux-Condé 10,617 · 6.3 mi | 40.1 | 17% | 1% | 6.7% |
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 Maulde
What is the population of Maulde?
949 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (973).
How old are Maulde’s residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maulde?
7, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maulde?
INSEE counts 53 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 42 foreign nationals (4.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maulde?
€26,850 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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