Empty homes make up 19% in Montmarault, more than in 99% of compared French towns
In Montmarault, 17% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 1,525 residents and 730 households in the town. For Montmarault, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 3.4%. The town has more households in social housing than 78% of compared French towns, at 20%.
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 Montmarault
Empty homes
The census found 180 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Montmarault’s residents are under 52.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +1% change since 2012: slower than 64% 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
Half of Montmarault is over 52.3, older than 89% 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
■ Montmarault 52.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a third of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). Put another way, about one in 11: nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
In Montmarault, 5.5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 98% 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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
With one-person households at 45%, Montmarault is ahead of 84% of compared French towns on that count. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2 people.
22% of households have no car, a share 87% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Second homes: 3.4%, above 66% of compared French towns. Here, 18% of homes are flats. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%.
A median standard of living of €20,830 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.
Living standards centre on €20,830 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 94% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 88% of compared French towns: 42%
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
For Montmarault, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 14%. Households headed by a retired person: 32% 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).
Foreign nationals: 9.4%, a higher share than 80% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 9.1% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
37% of residents 15 and over are married, below 84% 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
The share of single residents is 27%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Montmarault, 14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 98% 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
Adults with no qualification: 33% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,525 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).
Around Montmarault, 3 of 5 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montmarault | 52.3 | 34% | 3.4% | 9.1% |
| Commentry 6,017 · 10.4 mi | 53.8 | 33% | 2.4% | 4.6% |
| Saint-Éloy-les-Mines 3,480 · 12 mi | 53.4 | 32% | 4.8% | 6.2% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 16.1 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Désertines 4,259 · 16.2 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 1.5% | 5% |
| Montluçon 33,147 · 17.1 mi | 46.9 | 28% | 3.1% | 11% |
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 Montmarault
What is the population of Montmarault?
1,525 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (1,503).
How old are Montmarault’s residents?
The median age is 52.3, older than 89% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montmarault?
32, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montmarault?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.1% of residents, and 140 foreign nationals (9.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montmarault?
€20,830 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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