Demographics
Massonnens has a population (as of December 2011) of 428. As of 2008, 4.7% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (2000–2010) the population has changed at a rate of 4.1%. Migration accounted for -2.4%, while births and deaths accounted for 3.4%.
Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks French (391 or 97.0%) as their first language, German is the second most common (7 or 1.7%) and Portuguese is the third (2 or 0.5%).
As of 2008, the population was 50.9% male and 49.1% female. The population was made up of 210 Swiss men (49.1% of the population) and 8 (1.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 205 Swiss women (47.9%) and 5 (1.2%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 218 or about 54.1% were born in Massonnens and lived there in 2000. There were 137 or 34.0% who were born in the same canton, while 25 or 6.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 17 or 4.2% were born outside of Switzerland.
The age distribution, as of 2000, in Massonnens is; 54 children or 13.4% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 85 teenagers or 21.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 34 people or 8.4% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 65 people or 16.1% are between 30 and 39, 68 people or 16.9% are between 40 and 49, and 35 people or 8.7% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 28 people or 6.9% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 20 people or 5.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 14 people or 3.5% who are between 80 and 89.
As of 2000, there were 196 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 184 married individuals, 16 widows or widowers and 7 individuals who are divorced.
As of 2000, there were 128 private households in the municipality, and an average of 3.1 persons per household. There were 24 households that consist of only one person and 31 households with five or more people. In 2000, a total of 127 apartments (90.7% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 8 apartments (5.7%) were seasonally occupied and 5 apartments (3.6%) were empty. As of 2009, the construction rate of new housing units was 11.6 new units per 1000 residents.
The historical population is given in the following chart:
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