Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2%
3% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Empty homes are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 211 people lived in Maysel, in 94 households. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 45% in the town.
Throughout this page, the Oise 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 Maysel
Fewer residents than in 2012
Maysel had 236 residents at the 2012 census and 211 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Maysel’s residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 1.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Maysel changed by −11% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 98% 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 Oise town +2%. The change was +6% from 2012 to 2017 and −15% from 2017 to 2023.
Maysel is older than 87% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Maysel 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In Maysel, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 75% of compared French towns, at 30%
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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Maysel, 30%.
Above 77% of compared French towns: 5% of homes are second homes
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. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 5.1% of households moved in; at the other end, 32% have stayed 30 years or more.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €29,580 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.
Half of Maysel’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,580 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 77% of compared French towns: 10%
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
On households headed by a manager or professional, Maysel sits higher than 53% of compared French towns: 10%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 95% of compared French towns: 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals
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 figure for immigrants is 3.2% in Maysel and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in four fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
59% 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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Maysel has 17%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
In Maysel, 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 67% 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: 16% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Ranked by age, 11th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Maysel is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maysel | 51.3 | 24% | 5% | 3.2% |
| Cires-lès-Mello 3,978 · 1.1 mi | 39.9 | 19% | 3.1% | 6% |
| Montataire 14,257 · 2.7 mi | 34.5 | 13% | 0.4% | 26% |
| Saint-Leu-d'Esserent 4,638 · 3.4 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 0.9% | 7.1% |
| Précy-sur-Oise 3,332 · 3.5 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 0.6% | 5% |
| Bury 2,838 · 3.9 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Maximin 3,335 · 4.1 mi | 36.4 | 15% | 0.5% | 14% |
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 Maysel
What is the population of Maysel?
211 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (236).
How old are Maysel’s residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maysel?
5, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maysel?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maysel?
€29,580 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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