Le Montet is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 59.5
18% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 472 residents and 190 households in Le Montet. Households headed by a retired person: 39% of the total. On households without a car, Le Montet sits higher than 73% of compared French towns: 16%.
Throughout this page, the Allier 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 Le Montet
An older town
Half of Le Montet’s residents are under 59.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 44% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 25% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 51 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Montet had 497 residents at the 2012 census and 472 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Le Montet has changed by −5%, slower than 88% 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 −6%; the six to 2023, +1%.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 44% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Montet 59.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Le Montet has 9.1%. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
58% women, 42% men
About 71 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer couples with children than 84% of compared French towns: 17%
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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Le Montet has 42%. Average household size: 2 people. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
More empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 20%
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
18% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 15% moved in within the last two years. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Higher than in 78% of compared French towns: 20% of households rent social housing (HLM). Second homes: 3.8%, above 70% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €22,580 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.
At €22,580 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Le Montet ranks above 84% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 20%
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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (7.6%), Le Montet is below 62% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.5% in Le Montet, less than in 86% 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.
The median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The share of foreign nationals stands at 1.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 29% of residents 15 and over are married
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 31% in Le Montet. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns, at 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (38%), Le Montet is above 99% of compared French towns. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 472 to 2,582 people
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).
Le Montet is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Montet | 59.5 | 44% | 3.8% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 13.3 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Moulins 19,206 · 16.9 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 4.3% | 9.9% |
| Commentry 6,017 · 17.1 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 2.4% | 4.6% |
| Avermes 4,074 · 17.6 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 3,549 · 17.7 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 0.9% | 9.6% |
| Yzeure 12,897 · 17.8 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 2.4% | 6.4% |
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 Le Montet
What is the population of Le Montet?
472 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (497).
How old are Le Montet’s residents?
The median age is 59.5, older than 98% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 44% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Montet?
10, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Montet?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Montet?
€22,580 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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