Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Mens is over 54.6
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Mens has 46%. In 2023, the Census found 1,415 residents here, living in 720 households. The share of households without a car stands at 16%. 17% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 74% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Isère 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 Mens
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 260 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mens, 24% of its 1,050 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Mens’ residents are under 54.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 24%, a higher share than 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
In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM); in Mens, 7%. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Turnover: just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 20% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Mens’s population moved +4% on 2012, less than in 53% 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 median Isère town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six +1%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 96% of compared French towns, at 37%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mens 54.6. The median compared French town: 44.
6.9% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Mens sits below 90% of compared French towns for couples with children (15%)
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 Isère median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households make up 45%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 1.9 people on average.
€24,440 a year: the median standard of living
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 €24,440 a year: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 6.2% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Mens. On average, 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 66% of compared French towns: 4.8%
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.
With foreign nationals at 3%, Mens is behind 64% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 37% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Mens. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 82% of compared French towns: 41%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Mens. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,415 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Mens is older than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mens | 54.6 | 37% | 24% | 4.8% |
| La Mure 4,963 · 6.5 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 5.1% | 8.2% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Commiers 2,699 · 15.5 mi | 43 | 21% | 1.5% | 4% |
| Vif 8,530 · 16.7 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.5% | 5.1% |
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 Mens
What is the population of Mens?
1,415 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,361).
How old are Mens’ residents?
The median age is 54.6, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mens?
260, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mens?
INSEE counts 67 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 43 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mens?
€24,440 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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