Older than 94% of compared French towns: half of Massugas is over 54.9
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Massugas had 214 residents in 100 households at the 2023 census. Nearly two in five households are headed by a retired person. Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.6% of households have no car locally.
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 Massugas
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 28 second homes and occasional dwellings in Massugas, 19% of its 150 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Massugas had 251 residents at the 2012 census and 214 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Massugas’ residents are under 54.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 19 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Massugas, 0.6% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% 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
The figure for empty homes is 13% in Massugas and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Second homes are more common here than in 93% of compared French towns. For comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
A −15% change since 2012: slower than 99% 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 −10%, and from 2017 to 2023 −6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gironde town +16%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 3.8% in Massugas, less 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
■ Massugas 54.9. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (29%), Massugas is above just over four fifths of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 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.
One-person households: 34%, a lower share than 56% 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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.1 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of households are couples with children here.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €22,780 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.
The median standard of living in Massugas is €22,780 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 5% in Massugas, less than in 86% 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
In Massugas, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. To put it in context, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Massugas ranks above 85% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 11%
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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Massugas has 11%. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 75% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 16% of residents 15 and over are single in Massugas
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Massugas comes in at 54%. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 84% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Adults with no qualification: nearly a fifth of the total. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (214 to 2,582 people), 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Massugas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massugas | 54.9 | 29% | 19% | 11% |
| Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt 2,520 · 7.3 mi | 55.2 | 36% | 5.9% | 8.9% |
| Sainte-Foy-la-Grande 2,507 · 7.5 mi | 46.9 | 31% | 2.7% | 21% |
| Pineuilh 4,490 · 7.6 mi | 53.9 | 35% | 3.2% | 9% |
| Castillon-la-Bataille 3,344 · 8.9 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 1.9% | 19% |
| La Réole 4,487 · 14.6 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 1.9% | 12% |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin 2,742 · 14.8 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 3.9% | 4.6% |
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 Massugas
What is the population of Massugas?
214 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (251).
How old are Massugas’ residents?
The median age is 54.9, older than 94% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Massugas?
28, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Massugas?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Massugas?
€22,780 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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