In Les Mayons, 17% of homes are second homes, more than in 92% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Les Mayons’s 310 households held 625 residents at the 2023 Census. 25% of households are headed by a retired person. Couples with children: 19%, below 79% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Var 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 Les Mayons
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 78 second homes and occasional dwellings in Les Mayons, 17% of its 450 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 95% 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 Les Mayons’ residents are under 51.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 67 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Les Mayons sits above 95% of compared French towns for empty homes (15%)
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
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Les Mayons has 14%. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. For Les Mayons, the census puts households without a car at 7.1%.
Since 2012, Les Mayons has changed by −3%, slower than 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 ±0%; the six to 2023, −3%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Var town +10%.
A median age of 51.7: Les Mayons is older than 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
■ Les Mayons 51.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.8% in Les Mayons and 11% in the typical compared French town. For Les Mayons, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 28%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Les Mayons ranks above 70% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 11%
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 Var median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Les Mayons has 37%. Typically, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There are 2 people in the average household.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,420 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,420 a year: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 58% of compared French towns: 13%
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 manager or professional are more common here than in 52% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.9% of Les Mayons’ residents are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Var has 6.5%. Put another way, about one in 14: 6.9% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals make up 4.5%, close to the figure 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.
In Les Mayons, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 89% 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
In Les Mayons, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
In Les Mayons, 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 74% 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 make up 17%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Ranked by age, 9th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Les Mayons
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Mayons | 51.7 | 28% | 17% | 6.9% |
| Gonfaron 4,496 · 3.5 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 7.5% | 5.8% |
| Le Cannet-des-Maures 5,140 · 5.5 mi | 45 | 24% | 3.5% | 6.8% |
| Le Luc 11,310 · 5.7 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Pignans 4,838 · 6.5 mi | 43.4 | 22% | 7.7% | 4.6% |
| Flassans-sur-Issole 3,706 · 8.1 mi | 45 | 23% | 9.6% | 5.4% |
| Vidauban 12,608 · 8.1 mi | 44.3 | 21% | 15% | 11% |
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 Les Mayons
What is the population of Les Mayons?
625 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (644).
How old are Les Mayons’ residents?
The median age is 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Mayons?
78, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Mayons?
INSEE counts 43 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.9% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Mayons?
€25,420 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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