Half of Malay is over 57.6, older than 97% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a retired person is 48%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Malay counted 225 residents and 120 households at the 2023 Census. Flats account for 2.7%.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire 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 Malay
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 49 second homes and occasional dwellings in Malay, 26% of its 190 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Malay’s residents are under 57.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Malay had 237 residents at the 2012 census and 225 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Malay, 26% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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 7.3% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 27%. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Malay comes in at 4.8%.
Slower growth than 88% of compared French towns: Malay changed by −5% since 2012
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
Over those years, the median Saône-et-Loire town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −13%, then +9% to 2023.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 96% of compared French towns: 37%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Malay 57.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Malay has 8.4%. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 88% of compared French towns, at 16%
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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
44% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). There are 1.8 people in the average household. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%.
€27,030 a year: the median standard of living
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 residents live in households above €27,030 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Only 4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Malay
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Malay. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Malay ranks below 70% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 5.3% of residents are immigrants here. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals. The median compared commune in Saône-et-Loire has 6.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in three fifths of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 21% in Malay, less than in 83% 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
For Malay, the census puts married residents at 43%. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 68% of compared French towns: 16%
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 Malay, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
41 French towns of 225 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 Malay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malay | 57.6 | 37% | 26% | 5.3% |
| Cluny 4,942 · 9.3 mi | 49.2 | 30% | 7.9% | 9.5% |
| Sennecey-le-Grand 2,895 · 10.1 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
| Tournus 5,701 · 10.3 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 3.2% | 6.9% |
| Givry 3,598 · 15 mi | 51.2 | 28% | 4.1% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Rémy 6,410 · 15.4 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 1.1% | 6.5% |
| Montchanin 4,976 · 16.1 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 2.4% | 7.8% |
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 Malay
What is the population of Malay?
225 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (237).
How old are Malay’s residents?
The median age is 57.6, older than 97% of compared French towns. 9.8% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Malay?
49, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Malay?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Malay?
€27,030 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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