Montréal-la-Cluse: 33% of households rent social housing (HLM), above 94% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Montréal-la-Cluse has 19%. 3,568 residents in 1,610 households: that is Montréal-la-Cluse at the 2023 Census. Locally, 55% of homes are flats. The town has fewer households headed by a retired person than 71% of compared French towns, at 29%.
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 Montréal-la-Cluse
Immigrants
INSEE counts 800 immigrants in Montréal-la-Cluse (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 23% of residents, against 8.5% for the median compared commune in Ain. 17% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Social housing
33% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 21% rent privately and 44% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+4% since 2012, a pace below 53% 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 first five years brought ±0%; the six to 2023, +4%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ain town +13%.
Half of Montréal-la-Cluse is under 42.5, younger than 62% 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
■ Montréal-la-Cluse 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
On residents aged 15 to 24, 11% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
37% of households are one person living alone, more than in 56% 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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.2 people. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Just over a quarter of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
Above 56% of compared French towns: 12% of households have no car
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
Without a car: one household in nine, against 11% in the median compared French town. The census found that 6.2% of homes stand empty in Montréal-la-Cluse.
A typical living standard of €23,140 a year
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,140 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 80% of compared French towns. 21.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
More households headed by a manual worker than 93% of compared French towns: 23%
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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 7.5%, Montréal-la-Cluse is behind 64% of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: 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).
Montréal-la-Cluse ranks above 95% of compared French towns on immigrants: 23%
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 figure for foreign nationals is 17% in Montréal-la-Cluse and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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.
Married residents: 47%, a higher share than 80% 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
About one in four: that is how common single residents are in Montréal-la-Cluse (26%). Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 32% in Montréal-la-Cluse, more than in 95% of compared French towns
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
Graduates of higher education: 19%, below 88% of compared French towns.
Among 41 French towns of 3,543 to 3,594 people, the 10th youngest
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 Neuilly-Crimolois (37.2), the oldest Fontvieille (56.6).
Nearby, 2 of 6 towns have older populations than Montréal-la-Cluse
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 Montréal-la-Cluse
What is the population of Montréal-la-Cluse?
3,568 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (3,424).
How old are Montréal-la-Cluse’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montréal-la-Cluse?
39, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montréal-la-Cluse?
INSEE counts 820 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 23% of residents, and 620 foreign nationals (17%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montréal-la-Cluse?
€23,140 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 21.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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