Manses is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.5
The share of flats trails 98% of compared French towns: 3.5%. 4.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Manses was home to 130 people in 62 households.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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 Manses
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Manses, 18% of its 85 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 87% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Manses (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 19% of residents, against 9.1% for the median compared commune in Ariège. 17% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
An older town
Half of Manses’ residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many graduates
47% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 13% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
18% of homes are second homes, more than in 93% 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
Of all households, 13% moved in during the last two years and 19% have stayed three decades or more. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Manses has fewer households without a car than two thirds of compared French towns, at 7.9%. Meanwhile, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 8.5% here.
+1% since 2012: slower than 67% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −2%; 2017 to 2023, +3%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 6.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Manses 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Manses has 31%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Manses sits below 90% of compared French towns for couples with children (15%)
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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2 people each. Higher than in 96% of compared French towns: 15% of households are single parents. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Manses has 31%.
At the median, €25,080 a year to live on
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 €25,080 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Manses ranks above 94% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 46%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 15%, above 77% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 92% of compared French towns, at 19%
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 Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 92% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Locally, 17% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
31% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 82% 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 44% and PACS partners 1.7%, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 4.3% are widowed. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Manses, 8.8% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 97% 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
With graduates of higher education at 47%, Manses is ahead of 90% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 130 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Manses
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manses | 54.5 | 31% | 18% | 19% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 3.3 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 8 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 9.5 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 9.9 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 10 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Mazères 3,852 · 11.8 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 5.3% | 4.5% |
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 Manses
What is the population of Manses?
130 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (129).
How old are Manses’ residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Manses?
15, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Manses?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 19% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (17%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Manses?
€25,080 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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