Montceaux sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (20%)
The figure for flats is 4.4% in Montceaux and 30% in the typical compared French town. Across Montceaux, just over a fifth of households are headed by a retired person. 18% of residents are 65 or over, a lower share than in 76% of compared French towns. This Ain town had 1,196 residents in 480 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Ain 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 Montceaux
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 5.2% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −2% change since 2012: slower than 78% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ain town +13%.
Montceaux ranks below 80% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montceaux 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.4, Montceaux is older than 59% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 89% of compared French towns: 34%
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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households is 5.2%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.5 people on average.
A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.8%
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
The figure for second homes is 1% in Montceaux and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. On top of that, on households in social housing, Montceaux sits lower than 87% of compared French towns: 4.7%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%. Locally, 3.8% of homes stand empty.
At the median, €30,570 a year to live on
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 €30,570 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
Montceaux sits below 74% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (10%)
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
In Montceaux, 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.9% of residents are immigrants, below 83% of compared French towns
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Montceaux has 2.2%. Measured more widely, 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.
Single residents make up 16% in Montceaux, less than in 99% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 56% of residents 15 and over are married here. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Montceaux ranks below 90% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 12%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 34% in Montceaux. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,196 to 2,582 people: this is the 21st 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).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Montceaux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montceaux | 45.4 | 18% | 1% | 2.9% |
| Montmerle-sur-Saône 3,799 · 1.5 mi | 46 | 23% | 1.9% | 3.7% |
| Belleville-en-Beaujolais 14,016 · 3.1 mi | 39.6 | 18% | 1.2% | 11% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Reneins 4,677 · 4.1 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 2.3% | 5.1% |
| Fareins 2,533 · 5.1 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 5.1% | 3.3% |
| Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne 2,934 · 6.2 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 3.6% | 3.7% |
| Arnas 4,601 · 6.7 mi | 39.8 | 19% | 1.3% | 6.9% |
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 Montceaux
What is the population of Montceaux?
1,196 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,222).
How old are Montceaux’s residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montceaux?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montceaux?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 27 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montceaux?
€30,570 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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