A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 3%
Just over a quarter of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. Mazaye had 719 residents in 310 households at the 2023 Census. Here, 3.5% of households have no car. Lower than in 91% of compared French towns: 3.6% of homes stand empty.
Throughout this page, the Puy-de-Dôme 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 Mazaye
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 71 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mazaye, 18% of its 400 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 9.1% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 18%, a higher share than 92% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 7.2% of households moved in less than two years ago; 23% have been in their home 30 years or more.
A change of +1% since 2012 leaves Mazaye behind 67% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Puy-de-Dôme town +4%.
Only 7.5% of residents are 15 to 24 in Mazaye
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mazaye 45.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.1, Mazaye is older than 57% of compared French towns. In Mazaye, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 90% of compared French towns: 34%
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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 9.1%. Measured more widely, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,600 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.
Living standards centre on €26,600 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
Mazaye ranks below 63% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 30%
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 Mazaye, 11%. Across the comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Here, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Mazaye sits below 95% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (1%)
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 2.5%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 90% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
For Mazaye, the census puts married residents at 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
8.5% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 98% 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 42% in Mazaye and 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 719 to 2,582 people, 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Older than Mazaye: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mazaye | 45.1 | 21% | 18% | 2.5% |
| Orcines 3,609 · 6.9 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 3.5% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Genès-Champanelle 4,066 · 8.1 mi | 41.5 | 18% | 3.7% | 2.2% |
| Royat 4,479 · 8.6 mi | 47.3 | 26% | 13% | 9.8% |
| Sayat 2,529 · 8.9 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 1.6% | 5.3% |
| Chamalières 17,509 · 9.2 mi | 47.8 | 29% | 5.4% | 5.7% |
| Ceyrat 6,592 · 9.6 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 2.9% | 4.5% |
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 Mazaye
What is the population of Mazaye?
719 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (715).
How old are Mazaye’s residents?
The median age is 45.1, older than 57% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mazaye?
71, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mazaye?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mazaye?
€26,600 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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