A town of second homes: 22% of its homes
The share of one-person households is 24%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Montclar had 178 residents in 87 households at the 2023 census. 3.4% of households have no car.
Throughout this page, the Aude 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 Montclar
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 31 second homes and occasional dwellings in Montclar, 22% of its 140 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 94% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 23 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Montclar’s residents are under 51 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Montclar: 16% of homes stand empty, above 97% of compared French towns
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
Flats: 13%, below 81% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
+2% since 2012: slower than 63% 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
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.7%, a lower share than 98% 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
■ Montclar 51. The median compared French town: 44.
29% of Montclar’s residents are 65 or older, against 29% in the median Aude town and 22% in the median compared French town; 12% are under 18. Add to that, the median age here is 51, higher than in 86% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 96% of compared French towns: 5.9%
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 Aude median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2 people share a household. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. Few places have so few couples with children: 18% here, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,030 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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,030 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 65% of compared French towns, at 35%
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional here. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 8.3%, a higher share than 76% 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 median compared commune in Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 68% of compared French towns. 9.4% of residents are immigrants, or about one in 11. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Montclar sits below 99% of compared French towns for single residents (16%)
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, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Montclar, 48%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 9% of adults out of school have no qualification in Montclar
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
38% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 178 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Montclar is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montclar | 51 | 29% | 22% | 9.4% |
| Limoux 10,532 · 5.7 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 4.7% | 11% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 7.5 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 7.6 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 8.5 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 9.9 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Bram 3,233 · 10.1 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
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 Montclar
What is the population of Montclar?
178 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (175).
How old are Montclar’s residents?
The median age is 51, older than 86% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montclar?
31, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montclar?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.4% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (8.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montclar?
€24,030 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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