Photo: JackyM59 · CC BY-SA 4.0A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 98% of compared French towns, at 2.7%
In Masny, 6.4% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. This Nord town counted 3,999 residents and 1,670 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 17% of households are single parents. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are common here: 13%, more than in 89% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Nord 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 Masny
Social housing
35% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 18% rent privately and 45% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Masny had 4,176 residents at the 2012 census and 3,999 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −4% since 2012 leaves Masny behind 86% 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 change was −1%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Nord town ±0%.
Younger than 68% of compared French towns: half of Masny is under 41.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Masny 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
20% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%).
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
30% of households are one person living alone, below 77% 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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.4 people. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Masny has 26%.
A larger share of households in social housing than 96% of compared French towns: 35%
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
Without a car: one household in five, against 11% in the median compared French town. Fewer second homes than in 98% of compared French towns: 0.3%. Households in social housing make up 12% in the typical compared French town. For Masny, the census puts households without a car at 20%.
A median of €20,290 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.
The median standard of living in Masny is €20,290 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 96% of compared French towns. 28.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
38% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 78% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Masny, 19%. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 67% of compared French towns: 4.7%
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.
In Masny, 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals. The usual figure: 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.
28% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 72% of compared French towns
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
Married: 41%; in a PACS: 5.8%; against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town, with 8.4% widowed. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 93% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (28%), Masny is above 86% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 12th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Fay-de-Bretagne (36.3), the oldest Vaux-sur-Mer (66.9).
Masny and its 6 nearest towns: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masny | 41.7 | 20% | 0.3% | 4.7% |
| Auberchicourt 4,626 · 1.7 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
| Montigny-en-Ostrevent 4,495 · 2 mi | 45.9 | 26% | 0.2% | 4.3% |
| Guesnain 4,635 · 2.1 mi | 42.9 | 24% | 0.1% | 4.4% |
| Monchecourt 2,516 · 2.3 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| Pecquencourt 6,092 · 2.5 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 0.4% | 4.8% |
| Aniche 9,963 · 2.7 mi | 35.7 | 16% | 0.6% | 3.4% |
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 Masny
What is the population of Masny?
3,999 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (4,176).
How old are Masny’s residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Masny?
6, with occasional dwellings: 0.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Masny?
INSEE counts 190 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 140 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Masny?
€20,290 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 28.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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