Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 3.4% in Monestier, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Here 3% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Monestier had 58 residents in 32 households at the 2023 Census. The share of flats stands at 4%. Few places have as many one-person households: 43% here, more than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ardèche 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 Monestier
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 10 second homes and occasional dwellings in Monestier, 20% of its 49 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Monestier’s residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Monestier had 48 residents at the 2012 census and 58 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 7 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 93% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Here, 14% of homes stand empty.
A growing town: +21% since 2012, faster than 91% 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
Over those years, the median Ardèche town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%.
Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Monestier is over 52.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Monestier 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Monestier, 25%.
Women and men · all residents
42% women, 58% men
About 74 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
14% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 93% 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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 14% of households are single parents in Monestier. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 1.8 people on average.
14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 74% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Monestier comes in at 29%. The usual figure: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. More households headed by a manual worker than in 53% of compared French towns: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 62% of compared French towns, at 5.1%
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.
For Monestier, the census puts foreign nationals at 3.4%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
In Monestier, 33% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 95% 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 25% in the typical compared French town, 21% of residents 15 and over are single here. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Monestier sits above 85% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (27%)
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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 25% in Monestier and 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 58 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Monestier
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monestier | 52.5 | 25% | 20% | 5.1% |
| Roiffieux 2,743 · 7 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.8% | 2.3% |
| Bourg-Argental 2,886 · 7.2 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 6.2% | 2.4% |
| Annonay 17,274 · 7.9 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 3.4% | 14% |
| Dunières 2,670 · 8.7 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 6.5% | 4.1% |
| Davézieux 3,205 · 9.6 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 1.3% | 4.4% |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay 2,725 · 9.7 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
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 Monestier
What is the population of Monestier?
58 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (48).
How old are Monestier’s residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Monestier?
10, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Monestier?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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