Massangis is older than 96% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.8
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Massangis comes in at 55%. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 1.7%, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 332 residents in 170 households. For Massangis, the census puts couples with children at 18%.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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 Massangis
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Massangis, 31% of its 320 homes: higher than in 95% 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
Massangis had 410 residents at the 2012 census and 332 in 2023, down 19%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Massangis’ residents are under 56.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 53 homes empty (16%): 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 town of second homes: 31% of its homes
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
30% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.9% moved in within the last two years. Higher than in 97% of compared French towns: 16% of homes stand empty. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. By its share of flats (0.9%), Massangis is below 99% of compared French towns.
Massangis’s population moved −19% on 2012, less than in 99% 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
In two steps, −12% to 2017 and −8% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −4% in Yonne.
Massangis ranks above 93% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 34%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Massangis 56.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 10%, below just over three fifths of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
6% of households are single parents, fewer than in 96% 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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 46% of households are one person living alone in Massangis. The average household has 1.8 people. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €23,010 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.
Living standards centre on €23,010 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
Only 12% of households are headed by a manual worker in Massangis
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. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% 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 72% of compared French towns, at 4.2%
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.
The median compared commune in Yonne has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 72% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Census figures put foreign nationals at 2.7% in Massangis.
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 36% in Massangis, 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
With single residents at 31%, Massangis is ahead of 83% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, a third of adults out of school have no qualification here. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 332 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Massangis
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Massangis
What is the population of Massangis?
332 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% fewer than in 2012 (410).
How old are Massangis’ residents?
The median age is 56.8, older than 96% of compared French towns. 10% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Massangis?
100, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Massangis?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Massangis?
€23,010 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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