Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Montbron is over 57.2
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Montbron has 2.5%. By contrast, this Charente town has more second homes than 84% of compared French towns, at 7.5%. There were 1,000 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 2,000 residents. One-person households: just over two fifths of the total.
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 Montbron
An older town
Half of Montbron’s residents are under 57.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 16% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Montbron had 2,177 residents at the 2012 census and 2,000 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 230 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Montbron has changed by −8%, slower than 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −7%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Charente town +1%.
Montbron sits above 95% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (36%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montbron 57.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Montbron, 7.8%. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Montbron, 17% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 85% 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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 1.9 people on average. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Montbron sits higher than just over half of compared French towns: 10%.
17% of homes stand empty, more than in 98% 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
Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 10% in Montbron. Across Montbron, 13% of homes are flats. Households without a car are more common here than in 60% of compared French towns. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €22,510 a year to live on
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 €22,510 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
46% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 94% 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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Montbron has 16%. Against that, nearly a third 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).
Immigrants make up 4.8% in Montbron, less than in 65% 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.
For Montbron, the census puts foreign nationals at 4.3%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 23% in Montbron, less than in 67% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Below 84% of compared French towns: 21% 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 26% of adults out of school have no qualification here. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,000 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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).
No nearby town is as old as Montbron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montbron | 57.2 | 36% | 7.5% | 4.8% |
| La Rochefoucauld-en-Angoumois 4,025 · 7.7 mi | 53.8 | 34% | 4.5% | 2.9% |
| Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 3,111 · 11.1 mi | 52 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.7% |
| Nontron 3,057 · 12.2 mi | 54.9 | 35% | 10% | 6.8% |
| Brie 4,125 · 12.3 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| Magnac-sur-Touvre 3,255 · 13 mi | 47.8 | 26% | 2% | 3.3% |
| Ruelle-sur-Touvre 7,408 · 13.6 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.1% | 4.2% |
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 Montbron
What is the population of Montbron?
2,000 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (2,177).
How old are Montbron’s residents?
The median age is 57.2, older than 97% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montbron?
99, with occasional dwellings: 7.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montbron?
INSEE counts 97 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 86 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montbron?
€22,510 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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