Half of Manas is over 55.2, older than 94% of compared French towns
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 3.5% in Manas. The census found that 35% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Households without a car are rarer here than in 97% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Drôme 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 Manas
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 32 second homes and occasional dwellings in Manas, 24% of its 130 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Manas’ residents are under 55.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Manas had 188 residents at the 2012 census and 180 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Manas, 24% of homes are second homes, more than in 94% 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
Empty homes: 6%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A −4% change since 2012: slower than 86% 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 −7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Drôme town +8%.
Manas sits below 96% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.3%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Manas 55.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 30%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Manas ranks below 73% of compared French towns on couples with children: 20%
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 Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of one-person households tops nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 39%. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,160 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 €25,160 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 41% in Manas, more than in 85% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Manas: 5.6% of residents are immigrants
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 lower than in 59% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%. About one in 18: that is how common immigrants are in Manas (5.6%). This Drôme town sits close to the norm on foreign nationals: 4%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Manas ranks above 71% of compared French towns on married residents: 46%
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
Put another way, about one in four: 24% of residents 15 and over are single. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 43% in Manas, more than in 85% 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
Here 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 6th oldest of 41 French towns of 180 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Manas and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manas | 55.2 | 30% | 24% | 5.6% |
| Dieulefit 3,289 · 6.5 mi | 58 | 39% | 18% | 7.2% |
| Aouste-sur-Sye 2,733 · 8.7 mi | 46 | 24% | 3.7% | 4% |
| Crest 8,658 · 9 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 3.9% | 6.5% |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron 2,592 · 9.3 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 3.7% | 5.2% |
| Cruas 2,898 · 11.4 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 4.8% | 6.1% |
| Allex 2,698 · 11.9 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 3.4% | 2% |
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 Manas
What is the population of Manas?
180 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (188).
How old are Manas’ residents?
The median age is 55.2, older than 94% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Manas?
32, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Manas?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Manas?
€25,160 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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