Households without a car make up 2.3% in Montboucher, less than in 99% of compared French towns
With households headed by a manual worker at 5.8%, Montboucher is behind 94% of compared French towns on that count. Census figures put flats at 1.9% in the town. Fewer one-person households than in 71% of compared French towns: 31%. In 2023, the Census found 372 residents locally, living in 180 households.
Throughout this page, the Creuse 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 Montboucher
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 37 second homes and occasional dwellings in Montboucher, 14% of its 260 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 52 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Montboucher’s residents are under 52.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 20%, a higher share than 99% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 23% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.4% (under two years). On second homes, Montboucher sits higher than 90% of compared French towns: 14%. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
+4% since 2012: slower than 51% 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 −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Creuse town −5%.
Half of Montboucher is over 52.3, older than 90% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montboucher 52.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 8.7% of residents are 15 to 24 in Montboucher. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 62% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are single parents, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.1 people each. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Here just over a quarter of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,400 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.
Living standards centre on €23,400 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
2.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 98% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person is 23%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 70% of compared French towns: 7%
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 median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 61% of compared French towns. For Montboucher, the census puts immigrants at 8.1%. In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 77% 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
42% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 71% 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
Adults with no qualification: 18% of the total. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Ranked by age, 8th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Montboucher
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montboucher | 52.3 | 24% | 14% | 8.1% |
| Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat 4,366 · 11.9 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.5% | 5.3% |
| Ambazac 5,556 · 13.5 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 4.8% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Priest-Taurion 2,901 · 14.1 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 4.3% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Just-le-Martel 2,606 · 15.5 mi | 46.3 | 20% | 3.8% | 2.7% |
| Rilhac-Rancon 4,805 · 17.3 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 1.6% | 3.8% |
| Le Palais-sur-Vienne 5,775 · 17.9 mi | 49.3 | 29% | 1.1% | 7.9% |
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 Montboucher
What is the population of Montboucher?
372 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (356).
How old are Montboucher’s residents?
The median age is 52.3, older than 90% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montboucher?
37, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montboucher?
INSEE counts 30 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.1% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montboucher?
€23,400 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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