1.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 98% of compared French towns
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Malay-le-Grand has 7.3%. The town had 1,630 residents in 750 households at the 2023 Census. For Malay-le-Grand, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 41%. Fewer single-parent households than in 90% of compared French towns: 7%.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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 Malay-le-Grand
An older town
Half of Malay-le-Grand’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%), 7.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +7% change since 2012: faster than 60% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, +6%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Yonne town −4%.
Older than 88% of compared French towns: half of Malay-le-Grand is over 51.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Malay-le-Grand 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
30% 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: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Malay-le-Grand sits below 73% of compared French towns for one-person households (31%)
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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.2 people. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The figure for couples with children is 24% in Malay-le-Grand and 25% in the typical compared French town.
Malay-le-Grand ranks below 92% of compared French towns on flats: 7.3%
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
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 4% of homes are second homes in Malay-le-Grand. Fewer households without a car than in three quarters of compared French towns: 6.7%. The benchmark for flats in the typical compared French town: 30%. Empty homes: 5.2% of the total.
Standard of living at the median: €27,430 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.
At €27,430 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
7.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 62% 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
On the census count, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 78% of compared French towns: 2.1%
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.
Set against 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 4.6% of residents are immigrants in Malay-le-Grand. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 68% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%.
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 single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 53% of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Malay-le-Grand ranks below 90% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 19%
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 (24%), Malay-le-Grand is above just over three quarters of compared French towns. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,630 to 2,582 people), the 10th 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).
No nearby town is as old as Malay-le-Grand
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malay-le-Grand | 51.5 | 30% | 4% | 4.6% |
| Sens 27,106 · 2.8 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 2.6% | 20% |
| Saint-Clément 2,849 · 3.7 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Paron 4,834 · 4.2 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 1.5% | 12% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 5,135 · 6.7 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 7.5% | 6.3% |
| Pont-sur-Yonne 3,391 · 9.9 mi | 45.2 | 27% | 5.9% | 9.2% |
| Joigny 9,016 · 13.8 mi | 43.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 21% |
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 Malay-le-Grand
What is the population of Malay-le-Grand?
1,630 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,521).
How old are Malay-le-Grand’s residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Malay-le-Grand?
33, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Malay-le-Grand?
INSEE counts 74 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 34 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Malay-le-Grand?
€27,430 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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