Montrollet is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.2
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Montrollet had 323 residents in 150 households at the 2023 census. The share of households without a car stands at 4.3%. 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 18% in the town.
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 Montrollet
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 68 second homes and occasional dwellings in Montrollet, 28% of its 240 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Montrollet’s residents are under 54.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Montrollet sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (0.3%)
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 4.4% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 15%. Montrollet has more second homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 28%. On top of that, by its share of empty homes (8.7%), Montrollet is above 70% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Montrollet outgrew 58% of compared French towns: +7%
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
In two steps, +3% to 2017 and +4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Charente.
31% of residents are 65 or over, a share 87% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montrollet 54.2. The median compared French town: 44.
On the census count, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 3.1%, a lower share than 99% 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
The share of one-person households is 32%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.1 people each.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €22,710 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.
At €22,710 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 39%, a higher share than 80% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Montrollet comes in at 20%. Typically, 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).
Montrollet ranks above 75% of compared French towns on immigrants: 11%
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.
Foreign nationals make up 9.1%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Montrollet ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 58%
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
Here 21% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Montrollet ranks below 80% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 14%
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
Graduates of higher education: 38%, above 75% of compared French towns. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 323 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 3 of the 6 towns around Montrollet 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montrollet | 54.2 | 31% | 28% | 11% |
| Saint-Junien 11,415 · 6.5 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
| Oradour-sur-Glane 2,550 · 7.2 mi | 44.8 | 25% | 3.4% | 2.6% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 11.3 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Rochechouart 3,603 · 11.3 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 11% | 6.4% |
| Bellac 3,537 · 11.8 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.1% | 7.9% |
| Verneuil-sur-Vienne 4,903 · 14.7 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 3.3% | 3.4% |
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 Montrollet
What is the population of Montrollet?
323 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (303).
How old are Montrollet’s residents?
The median age is 54.2, older than 93% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montrollet?
68, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montrollet?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (9.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montrollet?
€22,710 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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