19% of homes are second homes, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 5.6% of households are single parents. Menditte is home to 208 residents in 92 households, by the 2023 Census. Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Menditte has 4.3%.
Throughout this page, the Pyrénées-Atlantiques 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 Menditte
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 23 second homes and occasional dwellings in Menditte, 19% of its 120 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 78% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats: 11%, a lower share than 85% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 35% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.7% (under two years). Fewer empty homes than in 75% of compared French towns: 5%. 4.3% of households have no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Growth of +8% since 2012 puts Menditte ahead of 64% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +4%; 2017 to 2023, +4%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Pyrénées-Atlantiques town +8%.
In Menditte, 24% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 62% 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
■ Menditte 45. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Menditte is 45, higher than in 57% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Locally, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Atlantiques 52.5%, France 51.8%.
In Menditte, 28% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 86% 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 Pyrénées-Atlantiques median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.2 people. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. More couples with children than in 64% of compared French towns: 28%.
Median living standard: €24,960 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,960 a year: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
In Menditte, 39% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 80% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Menditte, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker. To put it in context, 32% 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 75% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Menditte has 2.9%. As a yardstick, 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.
Married residents make up 47% in Menditte, more than in 81% 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
By its share of single residents (23%), Menditte is below 72% of compared French towns. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Menditte, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 82% 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
In Menditte, 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 208 to 2,582 people: this is the 20th youngest
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 older than Menditte
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menditte | 45 | 24% | 19% | 3.8% |
| Mauléon-Licharre 2,972 · 4.3 mi | 52.4 | 35% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Oloron-Sainte-Marie 10,684 · 14.5 mi | 53.5 | 31% | 4.4% | 7.7% |
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 Menditte
What is the population of Menditte?
208 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (192).
How old are Menditte’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Menditte?
23, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Menditte?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Menditte?
€24,960 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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