Monze ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 0.7%
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 2.3% of homes stand empty here. Monze had 243 residents in 110 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 19: 5.4% of households have no car. Lower than in 95% of compared French towns: 7.4% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Monze
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in Monze, 14% of its 130 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Monze had 205 residents at the 2012 census and 243 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Monze: 14% of homes are second homes, above 91% 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
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Monze has 7.2%. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 11% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 20%.
Monze’s population changed by +19% since 2012, more than in 88% 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
Over those years, the median Aude town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +11%, then +7% to 2023.
Above 65% of compared French towns: 25% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Monze 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.8, Monze is older than 55% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 67% of compared French towns: 32% of households are one person living alone
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
Households average 2.2 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Here 27% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%.
The median resident lives on €25,490 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €25,490 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 75% of compared French towns, at 18%
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. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. In Monze, 36% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Monze: 5.8% 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 Aude has 6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 56% of compared French towns. For Monze, the census puts foreign nationals at 3.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 77% of compared French towns: 47%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Monze comes in at 28%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 66% 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
Graduates of higher education: 26% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Monze is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monze | 44.8 | 25% | 14% | 5.8% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 3.8 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 3.9 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 6.8 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 8.4 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 8.5 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 9.5 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
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 Monze
What is the population of Monze?
243 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (205).
How old are Monze’s residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Monze?
19, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Monze?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Monze?
€25,490 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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