1.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Manziat, 26%. Across Manziat, 9.8% of homes are flats. At 4.7%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 90% of compared French towns. 2,018 residents in 860 households: that is Manziat at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Ain 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.
Manziat changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 53% 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, +3%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ain town +13%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 68% of compared French towns: 25%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Manziat 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.5% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Meanwhile, with a median age of 46.4, Manziat is older than 66% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 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: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 4% of households are single parents in Manziat
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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. At 32%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 83% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes make up 8.3% in Manziat, more than in 66% 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
On second homes, 1.2% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €28,940 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.
Half of residents live in households above €28,940 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 78% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 4.0% of residents.
Households headed by a retired person: 39%, a higher share than 80% 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
Put another way, about one in seven: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are scarce here: 9.1%, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Manziat sits below 83% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.8%)
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 Ain has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 1.8% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 56.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 97% 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
Married people make up 50% and PACS partners 10%, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 6% are widowed. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 61% 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 graduates of higher education is 28%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,018 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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Manziat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manziat | 46.4 | 25% | 1.2% | 2.8% |
| Feillens 3,411 · 1.9 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Bâgé-Dommartin 4,050 · 3.2 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Replonges 3,956 · 4.1 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.1% | 4.3% |
| Mâcon 35,177 · 5.2 mi | 40.2 | 22% | 3.3% | 21% |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon 8,227 · 6.2 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.9% | 6% |
| Crêches-sur-Saône 3,198 · 10.1 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 0.5% | 7.1% |
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 Manziat
What is the population of Manziat?
2,018 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,940).
How old are Manziat’s residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 66% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Manziat?
12, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Manziat?
INSEE counts 57 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Manziat?
€28,940 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 4.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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