Only 2.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Mons
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Mons was home to 445 people in 200 households. Put another way, about one in 21: 4.7% of households are single parents. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; locally, 6%.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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 Mons
Empty homes
The census found 30 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Mons changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Charente-Maritime town +8%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −1%; 2017 to 2023, +2%.
Mons is older than 78% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mons 48.8. The median compared French town: 44.
26% of Mons’ residents are 65 or older, against 36% in the median Charente-Maritime town and 22% in the median compared French town; 20% are under 18. Locally, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
23% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 61% 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 Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.2 people share a household. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 34% of households are one person living alone in Mons.
A lower share of households without a car than 92% of compared French towns, at 4.3%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 2.9% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 27%. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By contrast, the figure for empty homes is 12% in Mons and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €24,370 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,370 a year: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
34% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 35% in Mons. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Mons, 6.5% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 67% 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 lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%. Census figures put immigrants at 6.2% in Mons. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 22% of residents 15 and over are single
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
The figure for married residents is 46% in Mons and 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Mons comes in at 26%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (445 to 2,582 people), the 15th oldest
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).
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Mons
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mons | 48.8 | 26% | 6% | 6.2% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 4.5 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 8.1 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 8.9 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Chaniers 3,651 · 11.8 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 4% | 2% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 11.8 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 12.7 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
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 Mons
What is the population of Mons?
445 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (443).
How old are Mons’ residents?
The median age is 48.8, older than 78% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mons?
15, with occasional dwellings: 6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mons?
INSEE counts 28 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (6.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mons?
€24,370 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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