Half of Menat is over 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns
With households in social housing at 0.4%, Menat is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. The share of flats stands at 4.3%. 46% of households are one person living alone, more than in 87% of compared French towns. This Puy-de-Dôme town had 547 residents in 280 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Menat
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 96 second homes and occasional dwellings in Menat, 22% of its 440 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Menat’s residents are under 53.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 60 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Of all households, 12% moved in during the last two years and 26% have stayed three decades or more. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. More empty homes than in 93% of compared French towns: 14%. Meanwhile, 6.8% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
Slower growth than 77% of compared French towns: Menat changed by −2% since 2012
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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Puy-de-Dôme town +4%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 96% of compared French towns: 7.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Menat 53.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, a third of residents are 65 or over here. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
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%.
Single-parent households make up 7.1% in Menat, less than in 89% 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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Menat, a fifth of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 1.9 people.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,450 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.
Half of Menat’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,450 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
Menat sits above 86% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (41%)
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 82% of compared French towns: 5.4%. Roughly two in ten: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker. For comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person 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 81% of compared French towns: 3.1%
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.
1.6% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 81% 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.
A smaller share of married residents than 70% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Single residents account for 26%. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 81% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification in Menat. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Menat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menat | 53.7 | 33% | 22% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Éloy-les-Mines 3,480 · 4.7 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 4.8% | 6.2% |
| Commentry 6,017 · 14.2 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 2.4% | 4.6% |
| Gannat 5,610 · 14.8 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Châtel-Guyon 6,299 · 15.5 mi | 48.2 | 25% | 13% | 5.9% |
| Aigueperse 2,665 · 16.3 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 1.4% | 5.6% |
| Volvic 4,883 · 17.7 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 3.6% | 8.6% |
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 Menat
What is the population of Menat?
547 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (557).
How old are Menat’s residents?
The median age is 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Menat?
96, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Menat?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Menat?
€22,450 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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