Only 2% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Saint-Menoux
15% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Fewer households in social housing than in 92% of compared French towns: 3.4%. In 2023, the Census found 1,116 residents in Saint-Menoux, living in 490 households. Put another way, about one in 21: 4.8% of households have no car.
Throughout this page, the Allier 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.
Since 2012, Saint-Menoux has grown +7%, 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 population moved ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 +7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Allier town −1%.
Saint-Menoux sits below 63% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (10%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Menoux 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.5, Saint-Menoux is younger than 54% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. In Saint-Menoux, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
In Saint-Menoux, 32% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 66% of compared French towns
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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.2 people. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 51% of compared French towns: 25% of households are couples with children.
Flats make up 9% in Saint-Menoux, less than in 88% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 20% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.5% (under two years). Few places have as many second homes: 5.7% here, more than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Saint-Menoux, 10%.
€23,720 a year: the median 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 €23,720 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
30% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Saint-Menoux has 12%. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 68% of compared French towns: 4.5%
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 Allier has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 68% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Census figures put foreign nationals at 3.7% in Saint-Menoux.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-Menoux sits above 70% of compared French towns for single residents (28%)
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
41% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 84% of compared French towns: 13%
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
For Saint-Menoux, the census puts graduates of higher education at 31%. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,116 to 2,582 people), the 14th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Saint-Menoux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Saint-Menoux
What is the population of Saint-Menoux?
1,116 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,041).
How old are Saint-Menoux’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Menoux?
33, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Menoux?
INSEE counts 51 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 42 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Menoux?
€23,720 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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