A median age of 57: Mazoires is older than 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 1.7% of homes are flats. At the 2023 Census Mazoires was home to 97 people in 46 households. Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 50% of households are headed by a retired person here.
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 Mazoires
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 40 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mazoires, 34% of its 120 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Mazoires’ residents are under 57 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 32 homes empty (27%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 34% 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
Car-free households: one in 10, where the median compared French town has 11%. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in four here (27%).
Slower than most: −3% since 2012, behind 81% 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 first five years brought −2%; the six to 2023, −1%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Puy-de-Dôme town +4%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 84% of compared French towns: 29%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mazoires 57. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.8%), Mazoires is below 67% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are single parents, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, two in five households are one person living alone here. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. A household here holds 2.1 people on average. On couples with children, Mazoires sits lower than 74% of compared French towns: 20%.
The largest group of households: retired (50%)
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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in ten.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 4.9% of residents are immigrants in Mazoires
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 share of foreign nationals is 5.9%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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.
Above 60% of compared French towns: 27% 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
The census found that 43% of residents 15 and over are married in Mazoires. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Mazoires ranks below 83% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 21%
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
Across Mazoires, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 97 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th oldest
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.
No nearby town is as old as Mazoires
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mazoires | 57 | 29% | 34% | 4.9% |
| Sainte-Florine 3,283 · 12.8 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 2.9% | 3.5% |
| Brassac-les-Mines 3,412 · 13.3 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 2.2% | 3.6% |
| Issoire 15,115 · 14.1 mi | 45.9 | 26% | 2% | 4.5% |
| Brioude 6,527 · 17.2 mi | 51.8 | 32% | 5.3% | 7.5% |
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 Mazoires
What is the population of Mazoires?
97 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (100).
How old are Mazoires’ residents?
The median age is 57, older than 96% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mazoires?
40, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mazoires?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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