Flats make up 1.4% in Monestier, less than in 99% of compared French towns
2.8% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. On the census count, 6.1% of households are single parents. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 4.9%, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns. Monestier’s 180 households held 385 residents at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Dordogne 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 Monestier
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 68 second homes and occasional dwellings in Monestier, 25% of its 270 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
25% of homes are second homes, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 8.6% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 13%. Monestier has fewer households without a car than 98% of compared French towns, at 3.1%. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up 8.5%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 63% of compared French towns: Monestier changed by +2% since 2012
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 −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Dordogne.
Older than 79% of compared French towns: half of Monestier is over 48.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Monestier 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Monestier, 26%. On the census count, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 70% of compared French towns: 21%
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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. The figure for one-person households is 34% in Monestier and 35% in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €24,860 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 €24,860 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
Only 27% of households are headed by a retired person in Monestier
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
In Monestier, 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 32% 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).
Above 82% of compared French towns: 10% of residents are foreign nationals
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 figure for immigrants is 11% in Monestier and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 76% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 73% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Across Monestier, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 13%, a lower share than 82% 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 graduates of higher education tops 73% of compared French towns: 37%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 385 to 2,582
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).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Monestier
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monestier | 48.9 | 26% | 25% | 11% |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin 2,742 · 5.4 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 3.9% | 4.6% |
| Pineuilh 4,490 · 6.4 mi | 53.9 | 35% | 3.2% | 9% |
| Sainte-Foy-la-Grande 2,507 · 7 mi | 46.9 | 31% | 2.7% | 21% |
| La Force 2,702 · 7.2 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.4% | 4.2% |
| Prigonrieux 4,374 · 7.5 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 1.6% | 3.7% |
| Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt 2,520 · 7.8 mi | 55.2 | 36% | 5.9% | 8.9% |
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 Monestier
What is the population of Monestier?
385 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (379).
How old are Monestier’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Monestier?
68, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Monestier?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 39 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Monestier?
€24,860 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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