Second homes: 65%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
With flats at 12%, Mantet is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count. On the census count, 2% of homes stand empty. Half of the town’s residents are over 48.5, older than in 77% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Mantet was home to 35 people in 16 households.
Throughout this page, the Pyrénées-Orientales 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 Mantet
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 32 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mantet, 65% of its 49 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 91% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 33% single parents with children; 8.6% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Mantet sits above 59% of compared French towns for households without a car (13%)
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 eight has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Mantet grew +13% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 77% 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 population moved −3%, and from 2017 to 2023 +17%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Pyrénées-Orientales town +10%.
Mantet: 37% of residents are 65 or over, above 96% 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
■ Mantet 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In Mantet, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 33% of households are single parents
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-Orientales median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Mantet comes in at 33%. Households here average 2.2 people each. Couples with children are more common here than in 88% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns, at 33%
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 33% of households are headed by a retired person here. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 83% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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, Mantet has 2.9%. Set beside that, 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.
Mantet sits below 92% of compared French towns for married residents (34%)
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
The figure for single residents is 31% in Mantet and 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 3.3% of adults out of school have no qualification in Mantet
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
With graduates of higher education at 40%, Mantet is ahead of 79% of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (35 to 2,582 people), the 15th oldest
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).
Every neighbor is older than Mantet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mantet | 48.5 | 37% | 65% | 2.9% |
| Prades 6,148 · 11.5 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 11% | 11% |
| Arles-sur-Tech 2,815 · 16.7 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 9.6% | 9.6% |
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 Mantet
What is the population of Mantet?
35 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (31).
How old are Mantet’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mantet?
32, with occasional dwellings: 65% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mantet?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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