Half of Masseilles is over 54.2, older than 93% of compared French towns
The share of households without a car trails 99% of compared French towns: 1.7%. For Masseilles, the census puts empty homes at 3%. This Gironde town has more second homes than four fifths of compared French towns, at 6%. There were 60 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 136 residents.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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 Masseilles
An older town
Half of Masseilles’ residents are under 54.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 8.3% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 78% of compared French towns grew faster than Masseilles: −2%
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 +4%, and from 2017 to 2023 −6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gironde town +16%.
3.7% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Masseilles 54.2. The median compared French town: 44.
34% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Masseilles sits above 88% of compared French towns for couples with children (33%)
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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.3 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. At 8.3%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 76% of compared French towns. Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Masseilles comes in at 33%.
97% of homes are houses
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the last two years, 5% of households moved in; at the other end, 37% have stayed 30 years or more.
At the median, €23,520 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,520 a year: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Masseilles ranks above 81% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 17%
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. About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Masseilles (33%). In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 65% of compared French towns, at 3%
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 61% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 19: that is how common immigrants are in Masseilles (5.2%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Masseilles ranks above 54% of compared French towns on married residents: 44%
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
Census figures put single residents at 25% in Masseilles. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 27% in Masseilles, more than in 84% 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
Graduates of higher education make up about one in three here (31%). In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 136 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.
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Masseilles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masseilles | 54.2 | 34% | 6% | 5.2% |
| Bazas 4,854 · 8 mi | 52 | 31% | 3.8% | 4.7% |
| Casteljaloux 4,755 · 9.6 mi | 57 | 39% | 8.5% | 5.3% |
| Sainte-Bazeille 3,171 · 12.1 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 1.4% | 6.4% |
| La Réole 4,487 · 12.7 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 1.9% | 12% |
| Marmande 17,328 · 13.5 mi | 49.4 | 30% | 3.1% | 11% |
| Langon 7,674 · 13.7 mi | 46.4 | 28% | 1.8% | 9.6% |
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 Masseilles
What is the population of Masseilles?
136 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (139).
How old are Masseilles’ residents?
The median age is 54.2, older than 93% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Masseilles?
4, with occasional dwellings: 6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Masseilles?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Masseilles?
€23,520 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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