Older than 98% of compared French towns: half of Montboudif is over 60.7
Households headed by a retired person: 47%, above 95% of compared French towns. Montboudif had 161 residents in 83 households at the 2023 census. Here, 1.2% of households rent social housing (HLM). Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 5.9%, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Cantal 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 Montboudif
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 60 second homes and occasional dwellings in Montboudif, 35% of its 170 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 97% 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 Montboudif’s residents are under 60.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Montboudif had 185 residents at the 2012 census and 161 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 31 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 35%, a higher share than 95% 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
11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 9.3% in Montboudif. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 18%. The town has fewer flats than 94% of compared French towns, at 5.7%.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Montboudif: −13%
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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Cantal town −3%.
4.2% of residents are 15 to 24, below 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
■ Montboudif 60.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 36%, Montboudif is ahead of 95% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Cantal 53.4%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 83% of compared French towns: 18%
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 Cantal median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 1.9 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. 29% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 79% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €23,210 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.
At €23,210 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
Montboudif ranks above 94% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 24%
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. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.2% in Montboudif, less than in 98% 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.
0.6% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 50% in Montboudif, more than in 92% 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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Montboudif, 22%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Montboudif ranks below 99% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 12%
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
Here just over a third of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 161 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).
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 Montboudif
What is the population of Montboudif?
161 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (185).
How old are Montboudif’s residents?
The median age is 60.7, older than 98% of compared French towns. 9% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montboudif?
60, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montboudif?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montboudif?
€23,210 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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