Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.4% of homes are flats
3.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Montsalès’s 150 households held 319 residents at the 2023 Census. For Montsalès, the census puts single-parent households at 2.8%. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 7% here, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns.
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 Montsalès
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Montsalès, 20% of its 220 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Growing fast
Montsalès had 253 residents at the 2012 census and 319 in 2023, up 26%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Montsalès ranks above 93% of compared French towns on second homes: 20%
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
Nearly one in ten homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 6.3% of households have no car in Montsalès.
Montsalès grew +26% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 95% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aveyron town +1%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +30%; 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Montsalès ranks above 85% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 30%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montsalès 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Montsalès’s residents are over 46.6, older than in two thirds 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 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
38% of households are one person living alone, a share 62% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Average household size: 2.1 people. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Montsalès has 24%.
Half above, half below €27,000 a year in standard of living
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 €27,000 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 40% in Montsalès, more than in 83% of compared French towns
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (16%), Montsalès is above 64% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 32% 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).
Montsalès sits below 94% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.8%)
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 Aveyron has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. Here, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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
By its share of married residents (47%), Montsalès is above nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Across the comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 34%, a higher share than 62% 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
Adults with no qualification account for 18%. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th oldest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Montsalès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montsalès | 46.6 | 30% | 20% | 1.8% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 7.8 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 9 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 9.6 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 5.4% | 11% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 14.4 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 14.8 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
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 Montsalès
What is the population of Montsalès?
319 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% more than in 2012 (253).
How old are Montsalès’ residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montsalès?
44, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montsalès?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montsalès?
€27,000 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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