More empty homes than 95% of compared French towns: 15%
Second homes make up 7.4%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. About one in 16: that is how common households without a car are in Manzat (6.3%). More couples with children than in 69% of compared French towns: 29%. The 2023 Census counted 1,426 residents in 630 households.
Throughout this page, the Puy-de-Dôme 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 Manzat
Empty homes
The census found 120 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+9% since 2012, a pace 67% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 Puy-de-Dôme town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +5% and the next six +4%.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 8.3% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Manzat 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Manzat’s residents are over 44.4, older than in 53% of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in four here (24%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
11% of households are single parents, a share 63% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.2 people. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. On one-person households, 35% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
13% of homes are flats, below 82% 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
One household in 16 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). At 7.3%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in three quarters of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €25,670 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 midpoint of living standards here is €25,670 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 34% in Manzat, more than in 61% 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
Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 10% in Manzat. Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker here.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.6% of residents are immigrants in Manzat
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 2.5%, Manzat is behind 72% of compared French towns on that count. That is lower than in 77% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%. Elsewhere, 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.
Single residents make up 21% in Manzat, less than in 88% 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
39% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Adults with no qualification make up 17% in Manzat, less than in 62% 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
The census found that 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Manzat. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,426 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Manzat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manzat | 44.4 | 24% | 7.4% | 3.6% |
| Châtel-Guyon 6,299 · 6.6 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 13% | 5.9% |
| Volvic 4,883 · 7.3 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 3.6% | 8.6% |
| Mozac 3,957 · 8.4 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 1.6% | 5.9% |
| Riom 18,820 · 9.5 mi | 43.4 | 24% | 3.2% | 8.3% |
| Sayat 2,529 · 9.9 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 1.6% | 5.3% |
| Châteaugay 3,189 · 10.3 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.5% | 7.1% |
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 Manzat
What is the population of Manzat?
1,426 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,307).
How old are Manzat’s residents?
The median age is 44.4, older than 53% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Manzat?
60, with occasional dwellings: 7.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Manzat?
INSEE counts 51 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 35 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Manzat?
€25,670 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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