Half of Mons is over 54.2, older than 93% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For Mons, the census puts couples with children at 13%. This Charente town had 240 residents in 120 households at the 2023 census. Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 2.7% of homes are flats locally.
Throughout this page, the Charente 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
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 17 second homes and occasional dwellings in Mons, 12% of its 140 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 94% 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 Mons’ residents are under 54.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Mons had 255 residents at the 2012 census and 240 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
12% of homes in Mons are second homes
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
4.2% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 7.9% of the total. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Slower growth than 91% of compared French towns: Mons changed by −6% since 2012
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 town +1%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −3%; 2017 to 2023, −3%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Mons 54.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 32% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Mons sits above 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (17%)
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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
The figure for one-person households is 31% in Mons and 35% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There are 2.1 people in the average household.
Half above, half below €24,380 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.
Living standards centre on €24,380 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
44% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 91% 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
Households headed by a manual worker: 17%, above 71% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 32% of households are headed by a retired person 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.
8.2% of residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 61% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Mons: 51% of residents 15 and over are married, above 94% 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 Mons, 23%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 13% 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 25%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 240 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Mons is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mons | 54.2 | 32% | 12% | 8.2% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 5.6 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| La Boixe 2,841 · 10 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 3.8% | 1.7% |
| Fléac 3,861 · 14.4 mi | 49.1 | 26% | 0.5% | 3.9% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 14.5 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente 7,539 · 15 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.5% | 5.6% |
| Champniers 5,281 · 15 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
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 Mons
What is the population of Mons?
240 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (255).
How old are Mons’ residents?
The median age is 54.2, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mons?
17, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mons?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.2% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (6.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mons?
€24,380 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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