Half of Montfey is over 53.8, older than 92% of compared French towns
By its share of households without a car (3.7%), Montfey is below 96% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Montfey was home to 115 people in 54 households. For Montfey, the census puts one-person households at 27%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Aube 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 Montfey
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Montfey, 19% of its 75 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Montfey had 138 residents at the 2012 census and 115 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Montfey’s residents are under 53.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 19% 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
In the last two years, 5.6% of households moved in; at the other end, 44% have stayed 30 years or more. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Nearly one in ten homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A −17% change since 2012: slower than 99% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −14%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aube town +2%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.2%, a lower share than 99% 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
■ Montfey 53.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 30% in Montfey and 22% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Montfey ranks above 61% of compared French towns on couples with children: 27%
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 Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.1 people share a household.
Half above, half below €24,990 a year in standard of living
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.
Half of Montfey’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,990 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
Montfey: 55% of households are headed by a retired person, above 99% of compared French towns
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 18%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. About one in 11: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Montfey (9.1%). Across the comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 78% of compared French towns: 3.5% of residents are immigrants
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 Aube has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. About one in 23: that is how common foreign nationals are in Montfey (4.3%).
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 99% of compared French towns, at 11%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Montfey has 50%. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Montfey ranks below 57% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 28%
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
At 19%, the share of adults with no qualification is higher than in 52% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 115 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Montfey
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montfey | 53.8 | 30% | 19% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Florentin 4,164 · 8.3 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 3.5% | 18% |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon 3,032 · 13 mi | 47 | 25% | 7.3% | 6.1% |
| Aix-Villemaur-Pâlis 3,236 · 13.4 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 9.7% | 2.8% |
| Tonnerre 4,261 · 15.1 mi | 47.3 | 29% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Rosières-près-Troyes 4,840 · 16.2 mi | 32.7 | 15% | 3% | 8.5% |
| La Rivière-de-Corps 3,692 · 16.5 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 0.9% | 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 Montfey
What is the population of Montfey?
115 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (138).
How old are Montfey’s residents?
The median age is 53.8, older than 92% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montfey?
14, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montfey?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montfey?
€24,990 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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