24% of homes in Montpeyroux are second homes
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Montpeyroux was home to 518 people in 230 households. Locally, 21% of households are headed by a retired person. Single-parent households make up 15%, against 10% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Aveyron 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 Montpeyroux
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 86 second homes and occasional dwellings in Montpeyroux, 24% of its 360 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 99% 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
Montpeyroux had 550 residents at the 2012 census and 518 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Montpeyroux’s residents are under 50.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 41 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
6.7% of homes are flats, below 93% 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
By its share of empty homes (11%), Montpeyroux is above 86% of compared French towns. Meanwhile, at 6.5%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 77% of compared French towns. Typically, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Montpeyroux has changed by −6%, slower than 90% 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 −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aveyron town +1%.
Older than 86% of compared French towns: half of Montpeyroux is over 50.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montpeyroux 50.9. The median compared French town: 44.
8.6% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Higher than in 79% of compared French towns: 28% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are one person living alone, below 86% 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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.2 people on average. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children in Montpeyroux.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,930 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.
Living standards centre on €23,930 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
Only 4.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Montpeyroux
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
In Montpeyroux, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.3% in Montpeyroux, less than in 88% 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 figure for foreign nationals is 2.1% in Montpeyroux and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 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.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 89% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 make up about one in four here (25%). Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 63% of compared French towns, at 26%
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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Montpeyroux (20%). The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 518 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 Prayssac (62.3).
1 of 2 neighbors are older than Montpeyroux
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 Montpeyroux
What is the population of Montpeyroux?
518 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (550).
How old are Montpeyroux’s residents?
The median age is 50.9, older than 86% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montpeyroux?
86, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montpeyroux?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montpeyroux?
€23,930 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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