Half of Malay-le-Petit is over 54.1, older than 93% of compared French towns
Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Malay-le-Petit has 24%. The town had 305 residents in 140 households at the 2023 census. On the census count, 2.1% of households rent social housing (HLM). Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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-Petit
Fewer residents than in 2012
Malay-le-Petit had 378 residents at the 2012 census and 305 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Malay-le-Petit’s residents are under 54.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Malay-le-Petit: −19%
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 Yonne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −10% and the next six −10%.
Above 81% of compared French towns: 28% of residents are 65 or over
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-Petit 54.1. The median compared French town: 44.
On residents aged 15 to 24, 11% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 63% of compared French towns, at 28%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.1 people on average.
3.2% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 94% 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
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 5.1% of homes are second homes in Malay-le-Petit. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Here, 5.6% of households have no car.
The median resident lives on €26,820 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.
The median standard of living in Malay-le-Petit is €26,820 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
In Malay-le-Petit, 21% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 86% 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
Here 28% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. The census found that 6.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Malay-le-Petit. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.9% of residents in Malay-le-Petit 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%. About one in 17: that is how common immigrants are in Malay-le-Petit (5.9%). Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 4.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Malay-le-Petit: 56% of residents 15 and over are married, above 99% of compared French towns
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
The figure for single residents is 20% in Malay-le-Petit and 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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-Petit is above 72% of compared French towns. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 305 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Malay-le-Petit is older than every town around it
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-Petit | 54.1 | 28% | 5.1% | 5.9% |
| Sens 27,106 · 4.5 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 2.6% | 20% |
| Saint-Clément 2,849 · 5.1 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Paron 4,834 · 6.1 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 1.5% | 12% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 5,135 · 7.5 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 7.5% | 6.3% |
| Pont-sur-Yonne 3,391 · 11.3 mi | 45.2 | 27% | 5.9% | 9.2% |
| Joigny 9,016 · 13.4 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-Petit
What is the population of Malay-le-Petit?
305 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (378).
How old are Malay-le-Petit’s residents?
The median age is 54.1, older than 93% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Malay-le-Petit?
8, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Malay-le-Petit?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Malay-le-Petit?
€26,820 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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