Households without a car make up 3.1% in Saint-Montan, less than in 98% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Saint-Montan comes in at 9.1%. One-person households are rarer here than in 92% of compared French towns. Its 840 households held 1,978 residents at the 2023 Census. About one in 31: that is how common households in social housing are in Saint-Montan (3.2%).
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 Saint-Montan
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Montan, 12% of its 1,020 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 76% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 8.7% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 12% of homes are second homes
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
9.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 19% have been in their home 30 years or more. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. At 5.3%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Saint-Montan’s population changed by +8% since 2012, more than in 62% 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 Ardèche town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six +4%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 75% of compared French towns, at 9.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Montan 44.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Saint-Montan is 44.9, higher than in 56% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (21%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 90% 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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Saint-Montan has 8.7%. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €26,920 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,920 a year: higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 60% of compared French towns: 31%
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
Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in eight here (13%). Measured more widely, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 74% 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 figure for foreign nationals is 2.2% in Saint-Montan and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 80% of compared French towns, at 22%
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
Married residents: 45% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 14%, a lower share than 80% 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
Just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
18th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,978 to 2,582
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).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Saint-Montan
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Montan | 44.9 | 21% | 12% | 3.9% |
| Donzère 6,008 · 3.5 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 1.1% | 7.5% |
| Bourg-Saint-Andéol 7,661 · 4 mi | 44.2 | 25% | 3.9% | 14% |
| Viviers 3,633 · 4 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 4.5% | 5.9% |
| Pierrelatte 13,756 · 5 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône 2,917 · 6 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.4% |
| Le Teil 8,726 · 8.2 mi | 43 | 22% | 2.9% | 13% |
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 Saint-Montan
What is the population of Saint-Montan?
1,978 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (1,837).
How old are Saint-Montan’s residents?
The median age is 44.9, older than 56% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Montan?
130, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Montan?
INSEE counts 78 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Montan?
€26,920 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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