Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of compared French towns: 7.6%
28% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Maisonneuve counted 319 residents and 140 households at the 2023 Census. Couples with children make up about one in three here (30%).
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 Maisonneuve
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in Maisonneuve, 11% of its 180 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% 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.
Maisonneuve: 11% of homes are second homes, above 89% 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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 8.1% in Maisonneuve. Here, 4.7% of households have no car. Few places have so few households in social housing: 4.5% here, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%.
+5% since 2012, a pace below 51% 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 change was +11% from 2012 to 2017 and −6% from 2017 to 2023.
Half of Maisonneuve is under 43, younger than 58% 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
■ Maisonneuve 43. The median compared French town: 44.
More residents aged 65 and over than in 54% of compared French towns: 23%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Only 27% of households are one person living alone in Maisonneuve
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
One in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 7.2% in Maisonneuve. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
A median of €24,220 a year per consumption unit
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 €24,220 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Maisonneuve sits above 86% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (41%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Maisonneuve has 6.8%. By way of comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Maisonneuve, 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 99% 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 median compared commune in Vienne has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns. For Maisonneuve, the census puts immigrants at 2%. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% 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.
Maisonneuve sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (16%)
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
With married residents at 48%, Maisonneuve is ahead of 82% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 86% 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: 21% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
11th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 319 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.
Of the 6 towns nearest Maisonneuve, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maisonneuve | 43 | 23% | 11% | 2% |
| Vouillé 3,697 · 7.9 mi | 45.8 | 24% | 1.7% | 1.6% |
| Neuville-de-Poitou 5,513 · 9.4 mi | 45.3 | 24% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
| Cissé 2,869 · 10.3 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 2.5% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Martin-la-Pallu 5,713 · 10.3 mi | 41.2 | 17% | 3% | 1.7% |
| Boivre-la-Vallée 3,024 · 12.2 mi | 42.1 | 18% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
| Airvault 3,306 · 12.3 mi | 52.8 | 31% | 6.8% | 3.6% |
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 Maisonneuve
What is the population of Maisonneuve?
319 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (305).
How old are Maisonneuve’s residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maisonneuve?
19, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maisonneuve?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maisonneuve?
€24,220 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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