Photo: Marionbeau · CC BY-SA 4.03.8% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Malaunay has 26%. There were 2,660 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 6,221 residents. Here, 31% of households are couples with children. With a median age of 40.2, Malaunay is younger than 78% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Seine-Maritime 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.
Malaunay’s population moved +5% on 2012, less than in 50% 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
Below 73% of compared French towns: 19% 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
■ Malaunay 40.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Malaunay has 12%. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Only 29% of households are one person living alone in Malaunay
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 Seine-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Higher than in 68% of compared French towns: 11% of households are single parents. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Malaunay ranks below 84% of compared French towns on second homes: 0.9%
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
18% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.7% moved in within the last two years. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car is 10%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
€25,160 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,160 a year: lower than in 58% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 12.0% of the population.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 12% in Malaunay, more than in 64% 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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 31% in Malaunay. Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 16% here, more than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 80% of compared French towns: 3.2%
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 median compared commune in Seine-Maritime has 3.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 80% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. Foreign nationals: 1.9% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of married residents than 67% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Census figures put single residents at 25% in Malaunay. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 40% and 9.6%, and 5.7% are widowed.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 55% of compared French towns: 20%
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 census found that 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Malaunay. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (6,163 to 6,275 people), the 5th 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 Pont-Évêque (37.2), the youngest, and Marennes-Hiers-Brouage (57), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Malaunay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malaunay | 40.2 | 19% | 0.9% | 3.2% |
| Le Houlme 4,130 · 1.3 mi | 40.9 | 22% | 0.8% | 3.8% |
| Houppeville 2,814 · 2 mi | 45.4 | 21% | 0.5% | 3.1% |
| Montville 4,625 · 2.1 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 1% | 1.8% |
| Notre-Dame-de-Bondeville 7,071 · 3 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 0.9% | 6.1% |
| Maromme 10,957 · 3.4 mi | 42.9 | 24% | 0.8% | 8.2% |
| Barentin 12,022 · 4.2 mi | 42.1 | 21% | 0.8% | 3.3% |
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 Malaunay
What is the population of Malaunay?
6,221 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (5,940).
How old are Malaunay’s residents?
The median age is 40.2, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Malaunay?
25, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Malaunay?
INSEE counts 200 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 120 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Malaunay?
€25,160 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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