A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.6%
The figure for one-person households is 24% in Montoison and 35% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,926, in 780 households. Residents aged 65 and over: 17% of the total. On flats, Montoison sits lower than 85% of compared French towns: 11%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Montoison
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 9.1% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +4% change since 2012: slower than 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
Over those years, the median Drôme town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%.
Younger than 54% of compared French towns: half of Montoison is under 43.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montoison 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 91% of compared French towns: 34%
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
There are 2.5 people in the average household. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 9.1% of households are single parents.
In Montoison, 8% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 71% 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
7.6% of households moved in less than two years ago; 20% have been in their home 30 years or more. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 7.5%, more than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 2.2%.
A typical living standard of €28,400 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.
Half of residents live in households above €28,400 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 28%, a lower share than 73% 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 manager or professional is 11%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Here, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Measured more widely, 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).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 94% of compared French towns: 1%
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 2.8% in Montoison and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Montoison, 53% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 98% 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
Single residents: 19% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 12% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 33% in Montoison. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 13th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,926 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Montoison, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montoison | 43.4 | 17% | 2.2% | 2.8% |
| Allex 2,698 · 2.6 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 3.4% | 2% |
| Montmeyran 2,960 · 3.2 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 3.1% | 3% |
| Étoile-sur-Rhône 5,468 · 3.7 mi | 43 | 20% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Beaumont-lès-Valence 4,337 · 4.5 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 0.9% | 3.1% |
| Livron-sur-Drôme 9,329 · 5 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 1.4% | 4.8% |
| Portes-lès-Valence 10,477 · 5.8 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 0.9% | 9.8% |
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 Montoison
What is the population of Montoison?
1,926 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,852).
How old are Montoison’s residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montoison?
19, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montoison?
INSEE counts 53 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montoison?
€28,400 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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