Massingy sits above 94% of compared French towns for couples with children (36%)
The share of households without a car is 4.2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. 1.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in 71. With a median age of 49.5, Massingy is older than 81% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 171 people lived here, in 72 households.
Throughout this page, the Côte-d'Or 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 Massingy
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 13% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +10% since 2012, faster than 71% 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 −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +13%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Côte-d'Or town −2%.
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 85% of compared French towns, at 13%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Massingy 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 22% in Massingy. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
21% of households are one person living alone, below 99% 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 Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.4 people in the average household. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of second homes than 77% of compared French towns, at 5%
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Turnover: 5.6% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 31% have lived in their home 30 years or more. At 6.2%, empty homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,890 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.
Living standards centre on €25,890 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
36% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 68% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 67% of compared French towns: 7.1%. Measured more widely, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. About one in seven: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Massingy (14%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Massingy, 7.6% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 72% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Côte-d'Or has 7.3%. Put another way, about one in 13: 7.6% of residents are immigrants. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 56%
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 census found that a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Massingy. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification: 16%, a lower share than 69% 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 figure for graduates of higher education is 27% in Massingy and 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (171 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Massingy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massingy | 49.5 | 22% | 5% | 7.6% |
| Châtillon-sur-Seine 5,443 · 3.7 mi | 48.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 12% |
| Bar-sur-Seine 2,858 · 17.7 mi | 48.1 | 28% | 1.8% | 6.4% |
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 Massingy
What is the population of Massingy?
171 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (155).
How old are Massingy’s residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Massingy?
4, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Massingy?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.6% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (7.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Massingy?
€25,890 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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