Fewer households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.3%
The figure for households without a car is 3.7% in Montmérac and 11% in the typical compared French town. The town is home to 730 residents in 330 households, by the 2023 Census. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.3% in the town. 30% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 77% of compared French towns.
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 Montmérac
An older town
Half of Montmérac’s residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 52 homes empty (13%): 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, Montmérac has changed by ±0%, slower than 70% 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 town +1%.
Older than 88% of compared French towns: half of Montmérac is over 51.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montmérac 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 29% in Montmérac and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 62% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Average household size: 2.2 people. Lower than in 69% of compared French towns: 8.8% of households are single parents. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Montmérac sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1.8%)
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
On second homes, 2.9% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many empty homes: 13% here, more than in 92% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
€25,200 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €25,200 a year: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
19% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 80% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 6.3% in Montmérac. Few places have as many households headed by a retired person: 33% here, more than in 54% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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).
Below 80% of compared French towns: 3.3% of residents are immigrants
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 share of foreign nationals trails 73% of compared French towns: 2.4%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
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 19% in Montmérac, less than in 95% 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
Married residents make up 50%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 26%, a lower share than 66% 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
The share of adults with no qualification stands at 20%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 730 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Montmérac are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montmérac | 51.5 | 29% | 2.9% | 3.3% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 3.4 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Jonzac 3,602 · 10.9 mi | 54 | 36% | 26% | 5.1% |
| Châteauneuf-sur-Charente 3,550 · 12.9 mi | 49.8 | 29% | 2.9% | 6.4% |
| Montendre 3,222 · 14.5 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 6.9% | 4% |
| Roullet-Saint-Estèphe 4,357 · 15.8 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 16.4 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 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 Montmérac
What is the population of Montmérac?
730 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (730).
How old are Montmérac’s residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 88% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montmérac?
11, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montmérac?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montmérac?
€25,200 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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