0.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
2.9% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). In Menglon, 31% of residents are 65 or over. Few places have as many households headed by a retired person: 45% here, more than in 93% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 539 residents in 250 households.
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 Menglon
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 78 second homes and occasional dwellings in Menglon, 21% of its 380 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Menglon had 447 residents at the 2012 census and 539 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 47 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
21% of homes are second homes, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
13% of households moved in less than two years ago; 17% have been in their home 30 years or more. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 7.9%, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. The figure for empty homes is 12% in Menglon and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A +21% change since 2012: Menglon grew faster than 91% 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 first five years brought +16%; the six to 2023, +4%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Drôme town +8%.
7% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Menglon 50. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Menglon is 50, higher than in 83% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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%.
1.9% of households are single parents, fewer than in 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 Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Menglon has 21%. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A third of households are one person living alone, or about one in three.
The median resident lives on €23,470 a year per consumption unit
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 €23,470 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 79% of compared French towns: 9.5%
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 census found that 9.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Menglon. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 61% of compared French towns: 5.2%
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.
3.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over three fifths of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Menglon sits below 70% of compared French towns for married residents (40%)
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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 7.7% of adults out of school have no qualification
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 two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 539 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.
Menglon and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menglon | 50 | 31% | 21% | 5.2% |
| Die 4,844 · 7.7 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 11% | 6.7% |
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 Menglon
What is the population of Menglon?
539 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (447).
How old are Menglon’s residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Menglon?
78, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Menglon?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Menglon?
€23,470 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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