Moutier-Malcard is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 58.3
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 280 households in Moutier-Malcard at the 2023 Census, home to 558 residents. About one in 77: that is how common flats are in Moutier-Malcard (1.3%). Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Moutier-Malcard comes in at 15%.
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 Moutier-Malcard
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 150 second homes and occasional dwellings in Moutier-Malcard, 35% of its 450 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Moutier-Malcard’s residents are under 58.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
35% of homes are second homes, more than in 95% 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
In the last two years, 9.3% of households moved in; at the other end, 27% have stayed 30 years or more. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. On empty homes, Moutier-Malcard sits lower than 91% of compared French towns: 3.6%. Households without a car: 7.4% here and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Moutier-Malcard’s population moved +4% on 2012, less than in 53% 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 change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, +4%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Creuse town −5%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 37%, a higher share than 96% 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
■ Moutier-Malcard 58.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 6.4% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Above 61% of compared French towns: 11% of households are single parents
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 people each. On average, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up 35%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €23,030 a year per consumption unit
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,030 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 96% of compared French towns: 48%
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
3.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person. Across Moutier-Malcard, 7.1% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.8% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 68% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 56% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 14: 7.3% 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.
Married residents make up 37% in Moutier-Malcard, less than in 83% 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
The census found that a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Moutier-Malcard. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Only 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Moutier-Malcard
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 22% in Moutier-Malcard. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 558 to 2,582 people
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 Moutier-Malcard
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moutier-Malcard | 58.3 | 37% | 35% | 7.3% |
| La Châtre 4,037 · 13.4 mi | 56.2 | 39% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 15.1 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 16.1 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 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 Moutier-Malcard
What is the population of Moutier-Malcard?
558 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (536).
How old are Moutier-Malcard’s residents?
The median age is 58.3, older than 97% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Moutier-Malcard?
150, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Moutier-Malcard?
INSEE counts 41 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.3% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (6.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Moutier-Malcard?
€23,030 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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