Flats: 1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Maillé, 3%. 759 residents in 340 households: that is Maillé at the 2023 Census. The share of households in social housing stands at 3.7%. This Vendée town has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 84% of compared French towns, at 8.8%.
Throughout this page, the Vendée 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 Maillé
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 99 second homes and occasional dwellings in Maillé, 21% of its 480 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Maillé: 21% of homes are second homes, above 93% 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
By its share of households without a car (5.4%), Maillé is below 85% of compared French towns. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 10%, more than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%.
A −1% change since 2012: slower than 73% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Vendée town +9%.
Older than 77% of compared French towns: half of Maillé is over 48.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Maillé 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
Only 4.5% of households are single parents in Maillé
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 Vendée median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.2 people. On couples with children, Maillé sits higher than 62% of compared French towns: 28%. For comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Here just over a third of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,960 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 residents live in households above €24,960 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Maillé ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 28%
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
33% of households are headed by a retired person. Elsewhere, 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).
2.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 85% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals here. 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.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Maillé
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
Just over two in five residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 85% 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
Few places have so few adults with no qualification: 19% here, fewer than in just over half of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (759 to 2,582 people), the 15th oldest
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).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Maillé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maillé | 48.5 | 26% | 21% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay 3,063 · 6.8 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 5.9% | 1.7% |
| Fontenay-le-Comte 14,059 · 8.7 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 3.1% | 7.5% |
| Benet 4,089 · 8.7 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 4.7% | 2.2% |
| Marans 4,476 · 10.3 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 4.1% | 2.6% |
| Magné 2,728 · 11.2 mi | 57.7 | 37% | 4.8% | 3.2% |
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon 2,941 · 11.4 mi | 47.3 | 28% | 3.9% | 2.8% |
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 Maillé
What is the population of Maillé?
759 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (765).
How old are Maillé’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maillé?
99, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maillé?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maillé?
€24,960 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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