Photo: Spedona · CC BY-SA 3.0Above 93% of compared French towns: 24% of households are headed by a manager or professional
Nearly a third of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). Residents aged 65 and over: nearly a fifth of the total. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 8.6%, fewer than in 63% of compared French towns. Maule had 6,083 residents in 2,450 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Yvelines 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.
Maule grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Yvelines town +7%.
Maule: 13% of residents are 15 to 24, above 82% 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
■ Maule 43.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.6, Maule is younger than 53% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Only 28% of households are one person living alone in Maule
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 Yvelines median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.4 people each. 13% of households are single parents, a higher share than in 86% of compared French towns. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of flats than 58% of compared French towns: 25%
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
One household in 12 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Few places have so few second homes: 1.5% here, fewer than in 65% of compared French towns. For flats, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%. The share of empty homes stands at 7.2%.
Half above, half below €33,430 a year in standard of living
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 midpoint of living standards here is €33,430 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 94% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 8.0% of the population.
Only 6.9% of households are headed by a manual worker in Maule
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Maule comes in at 29%. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.3% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 71% 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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are immigrants here. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 68% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Yvelines has 15%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 46%, a higher share than 70% 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
Just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 46% and 6.9%, and 6.7% are widowed.
Maule: 46% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 90% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 14%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 6,008 to 6,157 people: this is the 21st 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.
At the ends of the range sit Mondonville (35.5), the youngest, and Le Barcarès (63.7), the oldest.
Maule 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maule | 43.6 | 19% | 1.5% | 9.4% |
| Aubergenville 12,723 · 3.5 mi | 36.8 | 13% | 0.7% | 18% |
| Épône 7,031 · 3.6 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 7.9% | 16% |
| Ecquevilly 4,279 · 4 mi | 37.4 | 15% | 1.3% | 17% |
| Mézières-sur-Seine 3,923 · 4.1 mi | 38.8 | 14% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Beynes 7,704 · 4.2 mi | 42.9 | 19% | 1.2% | 6.3% |
| Morainvilliers 3,120 · 4.5 mi | 43.4 | 16% | 3.1% | 12% |
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 Maule
What is the population of Maule?
6,083 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (5,711).
How old are Maule’s residents?
The median age is 43.6, younger than 53% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Maule?
39, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Maule?
INSEE counts 570 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.4% of residents, and 440 foreign nationals (7.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Maule?
€33,430 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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