Above 96% of compared French towns: 36% of homes are second homes
8% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. There were 86 households in Mairé at the 2023 Census, home to 173 residents. Put another way, about one in 17: 5.9% of households are single parents. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Mairé
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 62 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mairé, 36% of its 170 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 82% 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 Mairé’s residents are under 50.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 22 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer households in social housing than 96% of compared French towns: 2.3%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 10%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 24%. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Mairé has fewer households without a car than 91% of compared French towns, at 4.6%. Empty homes make up 13%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Faster growth than 53% of compared French towns: Mairé changed by +5% since 2012
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 Vienne town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −4% and the next six +9%.
A median age of 50.9: Mairé is older than 86% 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
■ Mairé 50.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Mairé comes in at 25%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 83% of compared French towns: 18%
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
On average, 2 people share a household. Mairé has more one-person households than 51% of compared French towns, at 35%. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,360 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 €24,360 a year: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Mairé: 35% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 41%, above 86% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 73% of compared French towns: 4% of 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.
The median compared commune in Vienne has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 73% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. About one in 25: that is how common foreign nationals are in Mairé (4%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 85% of compared French towns: 48%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Mairé comes in at 22%. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Mairé sits below 93% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (17%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Mairé has 17%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 173 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Mairé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mairé | 50.9 | 25% | 36% | 4% |
| Dangé-Saint-Romain 2,959 · 8.1 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Descartes 3,369 · 8.5 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 3% | 2.5% |
| Châtellerault 31,003 · 9.7 mi | 48.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 8.7% |
| Thuré 2,765 · 12.5 mi | 50 | 27% | 3.7% | 2.4% |
| Naintré 5,964 · 13.4 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 1.2% | 4.7% |
| Beaumont Saint-Cyr 2,908 · 16.6 mi | 44.8 | 21% | 2.5% | 1.8% |
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 Mairé
What is the population of Mairé?
173 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (164).
How old are Mairé’s residents?
The median age is 50.9, older than 86% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mairé?
62, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mairé?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mairé?
€24,360 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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