Half of Le Menoux is over 56.8, older than 96% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Le Menoux comes in at 11%. Few places have so few couples with children: 15% here, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. There were 220 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 401 residents. Roughly four in ten: just over two in five households are headed by a retired person.
Throughout this page, the Indre 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 Le Menoux
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 72 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Menoux, 22% of its 330 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Le Menoux’s residents are under 56.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Menoux had 444 residents at the 2012 census and 401 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats make up 1.8% in Le Menoux, less 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
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Le Menoux comes in at 22%. The usual figure: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 6% of the total. 5.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 84% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 97% of compared French towns grew faster than Le Menoux: −10%
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 change was −3% from 2012 to 2017 and −7% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Indre town −5%.
5.7% 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
■ Le Menoux 56.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 33%, Le Menoux is ahead of 92% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 4.8%
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 Indre median and the France median
Living alone · share
46% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). For comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 1.8 people each.
Median living standard: €26,550 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 Le Menoux is €26,550 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 11% in Le Menoux, less than in 72% 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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Le Menoux comes in at 7.1%. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 98% of compared French towns: 0.7%
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.
The figure for immigrants is 2.8% in Le Menoux and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Indre has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 84% 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.
Le Menoux sits below 64% of compared French towns for single residents (24%)
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
Here, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 15% in Le Menoux, less than in 75% 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 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 401 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Le Menoux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Menoux | 56.8 | 33% | 22% | 2.8% |
| Argenton-sur-Creuse 4,786 · 3.2 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| Le Poinçonnet 5,855 · 16.5 mi | 53.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 4.4% |
| Ardentes 3,715 · 17.6 mi | 48.9 | 25% | 4% | 2.4% |
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 Le Menoux
What is the population of Le Menoux?
401 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (444).
How old are Le Menoux’s residents?
The median age is 56.8, older than 96% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Menoux?
72, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Menoux?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Menoux?
€26,550 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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