Montclus sits below 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (8.9%)
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Montclus has 4.7%. Across Montclus, 49% of households are headed by a retired person. Fewer flats than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 13%. At the 2023 Census, 179 people lived here, in 110 households.
Throughout this page, the Gard 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 Montclus
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 90 second homes and occasional dwellings in Montclus, 43% of its 210 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 96% 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 Montclus’ residents are under 53.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Montclus’ households are one person: higher than in 93% of compared French towns; 46% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 96% of compared French towns: 43% of homes are second homes
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
14% of households arrived within the last two years, while 20% have stayed 30 years or more. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. With households without a car at 4.9%, Montclus is behind 89% of compared French towns on that count.
From 2012 to 2023, Montclus outgrew 80% of compared French towns: +14%
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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +31%; 2017 to 2023, −13%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Gard town +7%.
A median age of 53.6: Montclus is older than 92% 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
■ Montclus 53.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 30% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 50% of households are one person living alone
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 Gard median and the France median
Living alone · share
The figure for single-parent households is 8.3% in Montclus and 10% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 1.7 people on average.
Median living standard: €23,530 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 €23,530 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
9.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 52% 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
Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are common here: 14%, more than in 52% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
15% of residents are immigrants, more than in 84% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 12%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town.
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 39% in Montclus, less 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
29% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 65% of compared French towns: 35%
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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 179 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Montclus, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montclus | 53.6 | 30% | 43% | 15% |
| Pont-Saint-Esprit 10,958 · 10.8 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 2.6% | 11% |
| Saint-Ambroix 3,445 · 11.3 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 7.8% | 5% |
| Bagnols-sur-Cèze 18,112 · 12.3 mi | 45.8 | 26% | 2.5% | 14% |
| Bourg-Saint-Andéol 7,661 · 12.8 mi | 44.2 | 25% | 3.9% | 14% |
| Lapalud 3,853 · 13.3 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| Salindres 3,648 · 14.7 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 2.2% | 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 Montclus
What is the population of Montclus?
179 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (157).
How old are Montclus’ residents?
The median age is 53.6, older than 92% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montclus?
90, with occasional dwellings: 43% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montclus?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montclus?
€23,530 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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