Second homes: 34%, a higher share than 95% of compared French towns
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 94% of compared French towns: 7.8%. Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are scarce here: 5.3%, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns. Malaucène’s 1,240 households held 2,758 residents at the 2023 Census. For Malaucène, the census puts households in social housing at 3.5%.
Throughout this page, the Vaucluse 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 Malaucène
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 760 second homes and occasional dwellings in Malaucène, 34% of its 2,210 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 67% 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 Malaucène’s residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 76% of compared French towns, at 9.6%
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
Flats: 27% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car stands at 11%.
A +3% change since 2012: slower than 59% 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 median Vaucluse town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +8% and the next six −5%.
A median age of 51.5: Malaucène 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
■ Malaucène 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 87% of compared French towns: 30%.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Couples with children: 23%, a lower share than 62% of compared French towns
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 Vaucluse median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Malaucène, 9% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. On top of that, this Vaucluse town has fewer one-person households than 58% of compared French towns, at 34%. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.1 people each.
€24,100 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.
The median standard of living in Malaucène is €24,100 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 70% of compared French towns. 18.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 83% of compared French towns: 40%
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
On the census count, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. 5.3% of Malaucène’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 40% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.3% of Malaucène’s 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 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vaucluse has 6.8%. Locally, 5.1% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 90% 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 the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Malaucène, 47%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 72% of compared French towns: 24%
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 figure for adults with no qualification is 23% in Malaucène and 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 12th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,733 to 2,785 people
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 Trieux (37.7), the oldest Collioure (60.8).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Malaucène 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malaucène | 51.5 | 30% | 34% | 7.3% |
| Bédoin 3,106 · 4.7 mi | 56.4 | 36% | 32% | 7.1% |
| Caromb 3,479 · 5 mi | 50.9 | 27% | 13% | 8.6% |
| Vaison-la-Romaine 6,058 · 5.6 mi | 56.6 | 38% | 15% | 12% |
| Aubignan 5,981 · 7.6 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 13% | 7.9% |
| Mazan 6,285 · 8.7 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 9.4% | 5.2% |
| Carpentras 31,619 · 9.4 mi | 43.5 | 23% | 2.6% | 18% |
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 Malaucène
What is the population of Malaucène?
2,758 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (2,684).
How old are Malaucène’s residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Malaucène?
760, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Malaucène?
INSEE counts 200 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.3% of residents, and 140 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Malaucène?
€24,100 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 18.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.