Montolieu is older than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.1
The share of flats trails 94% of compared French towns: 6.2%. Montolieu’s 390 households held 829 residents at the 2023 Census. Couples with children: 19% of the total. 5.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 83% of compared French towns.
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 Montolieu
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 90 second homes and occasional dwellings in Montolieu, 17% of its 540 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Montolieu’s residents are under 56.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 16% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 17% in Montolieu, more than in 92% 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
10% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Across Montolieu, just over one in ten households have no car.
Montolieu’s population moved ±0% on 2012, less than in 68% 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 +3% to 2017, then −2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Aude.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montolieu 56.1. The median compared French town: 44.
38% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 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.
A higher share of one-person households than 76% of compared French towns, at 42%
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
In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents; in Montolieu, 7.7%. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 1.9 people in the average household.
Median living standard: €22,680 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.
The median standard of living in Montolieu is €22,680 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
Montolieu sits below 96% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (5%)
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
Here 6.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 39% in Montolieu.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 7% in Montolieu, more than in 70% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 66% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%. Put another way, about one in 11: nearly one in ten residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
39% of residents 15 and over are married, below 77% of compared French towns
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 are more common here than in 53% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 15% of adults out of school have no qualification in Montolieu
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 829 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.
Montolieu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montolieu | 56.1 | 38% | 17% | 9% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 6.9 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Bram 3,233 · 6.9 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 8.4 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 9.6 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 9.6 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Sorèze 2,965 · 12.7 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 8.9% | 5.8% |
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 Montolieu
What is the population of Montolieu?
829 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (825).
How old are Montolieu’s residents?
The median age is 56.1, older than 95% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montolieu?
90, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montolieu?
INSEE counts 75 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9% of residents, and 58 foreign nationals (7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montolieu?
€22,680 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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