Photo: Jebulon · CC0Half of Maisons-Alfort is under 37.7, younger than 89% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Maisons-Alfort, 84%. This Val-de-Marne town had 56,799 residents in 26,520 households at the 2023 census. Households headed by a retired person: just over a fifth of the total. A third of households have no car, more than in 97% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Val-de-Marne 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 Maisons-Alfort
Immigrants
INSEE counts 9,400 immigrants in Maisons-Alfort (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 17% of residents, against 23% for the median compared commune in Val-de-Marne. 11% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Many graduates
54% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 27% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
A young town
Half of Maisons-Alfort’s residents are under 37.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 16% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Maisons-Alfort has changed by +5%, slower than 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
Here the change came as +3% to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
In Maisons-Alfort, 16% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Maisons-Alfort 37.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In Maisons-Alfort, 13% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-de-Marne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Above 77% of compared French towns: 42% of households are one person living alone
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 Val-de-Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Just over one in ten households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. There are 2.1 people in the average household.
A larger share of households in social housing than 83% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Nothing unusual on second homes: 2.9%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 11%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 15%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €31,480 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.
Half of Maisons-Alfort’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €31,480 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 11.7% of residents.
In Maisons-Alfort, 30% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 97% 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
Here 5.6% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Set beside that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Maisons-Alfort: 17% of residents are immigrants, above 88% of compared French towns
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Maisons-Alfort has 11%. Elsewhere, 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.
Maisons-Alfort: 34% of residents 15 and over are single, above 91% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Maisons-Alfort has 37%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Maisons-Alfort: 54% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 95% 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
Adults with no qualification: 13%, below 85% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 20th 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 32.5 in Vaulx-en-Velin to 50.9 in Hyères.
Maisons-Alfort and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maisons-Alfort | 37.7 | 16% | 2.9% | 17% |
| Saint-Maurice 14,506 · 0.8 mi | 37.1 | 15% | 4.7% | 17% |
| Alfortville 45,531 · 0.9 mi | 37.7 | 16% | 1.3% | 28% |
| Joinville-le-Pont 20,525 · 1.7 mi | 39.2 | 16% | 2.2% | 17% |
| Charenton-le-Pont 28,830 · 1.8 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 4.5% | 15% |
| Créteil 93,397 · 1.8 mi | 35.5 | 15% | 1% | 27% |
| Saint-Maur-des-Fossés 76,572 · 2.5 mi | 43.2 | 21% | 1.9% | 15% |
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 Maisons-Alfort
What is the population of Maisons-Alfort?
56,799 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (54,186).
How old are Maisons-Alfort’s residents?
The median age is 37.7, younger than 89% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maisons-Alfort?
850, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maisons-Alfort?
INSEE counts 9,440 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 17% of residents, and 6,430 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maisons-Alfort?
€31,480 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.7% 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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