Flats make up 1.9% in Montfa, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 9.4% of homes are second homes in Montfa. The town counted 96 residents and 44 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 7% of households have no car. The median age in the town is 50.2, higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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 Montfa
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 33% single parents with children; 13% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Montfa had 80 residents at the 2012 census and 96 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +20% since 2012, faster than 90% 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
Here the change came as +2% to 2017, then +17% to 2023.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 9.6% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montfa 50.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Montfa, 24%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 33%
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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Higher than in 88% of compared French towns: 33% of households are couples with children. Against that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
92% of homes are houses
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
At 7.6%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 70% of compared French towns, at 11%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For Montfa, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 33%. As a yardstick, 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).
More foreign nationals than 91% of compared French towns: 14%
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 immigrants is 11% in Montfa and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 73% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 16% of residents 15 and over are married in Montfa
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
Single residents make up 52%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
More graduates of higher education than 83% of compared French towns: 42%
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
Fewer adults with no qualification than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 18%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 96 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Montfa
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montfa | 50.2 | 24% | 9.4% | 11% |
| Montesquieu-Volvestre 3,050 · 8 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 6.5% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Girons 6,008 · 11 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 6.7% | 9.1% |
| Rieux-Volvestre 2,639 · 11.9 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 4.8% |
| Cazères 4,854 · 12.9 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 2.5% | 7.8% |
| Carbonne 5,563 · 14.5 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 5.9% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 16.3 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 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 Montfa
What is the population of Montfa?
96 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (80).
How old are Montfa’s residents?
The median age is 50.2, older than 84% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montfa?
5, with occasional dwellings: 9.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montfa?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (14%). 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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