Photo: Médiathèques Valence Romans agglomération · CC BY 2.044% of households are one person living alone, more than in 81% of compared French towns
53% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car stands at 19%. Montélimar has more households in social housing than 63% of compared French towns, at 15%. At the 2023 Census Montélimar was home to 40,595 people in 19,600 households.
Throughout this page, the Drôme 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.
Faster growth than 79% of compared French towns: Montélimar changed by +14% 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
Over those years, the median Drôme town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +10%, then +4% to 2023.
A median age of 43.2: Montélimar is younger than 56% 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
■ Montélimar 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 12% in Montélimar and 11% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 20% in Montélimar, less than in 76% 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 Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Montélimar, 11% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Average household size: 2 people.
Above 74% of compared French towns: 9.2% of homes stand empty
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 Montélimar, 2.7% of homes are second homes. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,850 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,850 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 73% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 21.4% of residents.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 15% in Montélimar, more than in 58% 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 census found that a third of households are headed by a retired person in Montélimar. Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Montélimar, 13% of residents are immigrants, more than in 80% of compared French towns
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.
9.8% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Montélimar ranks below 75% of compared French towns on married residents: 39%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 28% of residents 15 and over are single in Montélimar. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification make up 21% in Montélimar, more than in 63% 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
Graduates of higher education: 30% of the total. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 37,928 to 43,556 people, 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.
Stains is the youngest (32.4); La Ciotat the oldest (49.9).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Montélimar
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montélimar | 43.2 | 23% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron 2,592 · 2.9 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 3.7% | 5.2% |
| Le Teil 8,726 · 3.4 mi | 43 | 22% | 2.9% | 13% |
| Châteauneuf-du-Rhône 2,917 · 4.3 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.4% |
| Viviers 3,633 · 6 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 4.5% | 5.9% |
| Cruas 2,898 · 7.1 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 4.8% | 6.1% |
| Donzère 6,008 · 8.1 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 1.1% | 7.5% |
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 Montélimar
What is the population of Montélimar?
40,595 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (35,704).
How old are Montélimar’s residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montélimar?
600, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montélimar?
INSEE counts 5,150 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 3,960 foreign nationals (9.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montélimar?
€23,850 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 21.4% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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