A median age of 64.5: Monthaut is older than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Monthaut has 50%. 37 residents in 20 households: that is Monthaut at the 2023 Census. Couples with children account for 25%.
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 Monthaut
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 3 second homes and occasional dwellings in Monthaut, 10% of its 30 homes: higher than in 88% 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 Monthaut’s residents are under 64.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 49% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Monthaut had 42 residents at the 2012 census and 37 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 7 homes empty (24%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 24% of homes stand empty
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
The share of second homes tops 88% of compared French towns: 10%. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 98% of compared French towns grew faster than Monthaut: −12%
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 Aude town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −10% and the next six −3%.
In Monthaut, 49% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 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
■ Monthaut 64.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
59% women, 41% men
About 68 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
50% of households are one person living alone, more than in 94% 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 Aude median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 1.9 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
Monthaut ranks above 96% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 25%
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. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Monthaut ranks above 82% of compared French towns on immigrants: 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are foreign nationals here. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
A higher share of single residents than 89% of compared French towns, at 33%
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
The figure for married residents is 37% in Monthaut and 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
In Monthaut, 40% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 79% 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
Higher than in 56% of compared French towns: 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 37 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Monthaut (64.5).
Monthaut is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Monthaut
What is the population of Monthaut?
37 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (42).
How old are Monthaut’s residents?
The median age is 64.5, older than 99% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 49% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Monthaut?
3, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Monthaut?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (8.1%). 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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