3.3% of households have no car, below 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 260 households in Mandray at the 2023 Census, home to 586 residents. In Mandray, nearly one in ten homes are flats. Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 5.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional here.
Throughout this page, the Vosges 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 Mandray
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 45 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mandray, 14% of its 330 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Mandray had 612 residents at the 2012 census and 586 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.
Mandray sits above 90% of compared French towns for second homes (14%)
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 5.7% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 37%. Empty homes are more common here than in 70% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Mandray has changed by −4%, slower than 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
Half of Mandray is over 47.8, older than 74% 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
■ Mandray 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 26% in Mandray and 22% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 11 here (9.3%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vosges 52.1%, France 51.8%.
7.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 82% 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 Vosges median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. Fewer one-person households than in 61% of compared French towns: 33%. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. Couples with children are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 25%.
The median resident lives on €25,390 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.
At €25,390 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 89% of compared French towns: 22%
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
34% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 96% of compared French towns, at 1.6%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.1%), Mandray is below 93% of compared French towns. 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.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
With single residents at 23%, Mandray is behind 70% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 70% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
Adults with no qualification: 21% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th 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).
Around Mandray, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mandray | 47.8 | 26% | 14% | 1.6% |
| Fraize 2,843 · 2.3 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9.6% | 2.2% |
| Anould 3,234 · 2.8 mi | 50.6 | 26% | 9.5% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 5.3 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 8.9 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Orbey 3,429 · 9.9 mi | 49.6 | 26% | 12% | 3.7% |
| Granges-Aumontzey 2,529 · 10.5 mi | 53 | 31% | 14% | 5.6% |
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 Mandray
What is the population of Mandray?
586 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (612).
How old are Mandray’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 74% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mandray?
45, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mandray?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mandray?
€25,390 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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