In Maillé, 41% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
In Maillé, 1.1% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 4% of households rent social housing (HLM) locally. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 637, in 250 households.
Throughout this page, the Vienne 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
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 4.1% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Maillé behind 57% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +4% for the median Vienne town, the change came in two steps: +8% from 2012 to 2017, then −5% to 2023.
Maillé is younger than 80% of compared French towns: a median age of 39.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Maillé 39.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 11%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
21% of households are one person living alone, below 99% 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 Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.6 people. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 4.1%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
Fewer second homes than 85% of compared French towns: 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 3.5% moved in during the last two years and 17% have stayed three decades or more. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Maillé has 7.9%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,470 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.
The median standard of living in Maillé is €24,470 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 29%
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 make up 6%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. About one in four: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Maillé (26%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.3%, a lower share than 89% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 1.6%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Vienne has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 89% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
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 75% of compared French towns: 39%
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, the share of single residents is 25%; Maillé has 24%. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Maillé sits below 83% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (21%)
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (15%), Maillé is below 73% of compared French towns. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 637 to 2,582 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as 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 | 39.8 | 11% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Vouillé 3,697 · 4.6 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 1.7% | 1.6% |
| Neuville-de-Poitou 5,513 · 7.3 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| Cissé 2,869 · 7.5 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 2.5% | 2.3% |
| Boivre-la-Vallée 3,024 · 9 mi | 42.1 | 18% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Martin-la-Pallu 5,713 · 9 mi | 41.2 | 17% | 3% | 1.7% |
| Vouneuil-sous-Biard 6,290 · 10.8 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 0.6% | 4.2% |
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?
637 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (618).
How old are Maillé’s residents?
The median age is 39.8, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maillé?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maillé?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maillé?
€24,470 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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