Half of Mazille is over 61, older than 99% of compared French towns
4.9% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Fewer single-parent households than in 92% of compared French towns: 6.7%. Mazille’s 150 households held 400 residents at the 2023 Census. Locally, 5.3% of households have no car.
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 Mazille
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mazille, 17% of its 200 homes: higher than in 92% 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 Mazille’s residents are under 61 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 19% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 17% in Mazille, more than in 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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 8.8% of homes stand empty in Mazille. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 28% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 3.9% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Mazille has changed by +1%, slower than 68% 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 Saône-et-Loire town −3%. The first five years brought −4%; the six to 2023, +4%.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 43% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mazille 61. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 7.2% in Mazille. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 80 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Mazille sits below 60% of compared French towns for couples with children (23%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Mazille, 33%. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%.
€26,060 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.
Half of Mazille’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,060 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Mazille: 33% of households are headed by a retired person, above 55% 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
The census found that 13% of households are headed by a manual worker in Mazille. The wider picture: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of households headed by a manager or professional here, 10%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 59% of compared French towns: 5.5%
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.
Census figures put foreign nationals at 4.7% in Mazille. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Mazille sits above 89% of compared French towns for single residents (34%)
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
By its share of married residents (39%), Mazille is below 73% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
39% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 76% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Here, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th 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.
Mazille 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mazille | 61 | 43% | 17% | 5.5% |
| Cluny 4,942 · 3.9 mi | 49.2 | 30% | 7.9% | 9.5% |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon 8,227 · 11.2 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.9% | 6% |
| Mâcon 35,177 · 12.1 mi | 40.2 | 22% | 3.3% | 21% |
| Crêches-sur-Saône 3,198 · 13.5 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 0.5% | 7.1% |
| Feillens 3,411 · 14.5 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| La Chapelle-de-Guinchay 4,018 · 14.5 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 3.1% | 4.4% |
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 Mazille
What is the population of Mazille?
400 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (398).
How old are Mazille’s residents?
The median age is 61, older than 99% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mazille?
34, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mazille?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (4.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mazille?
€26,060 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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