A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.5%
In Monteils, 4.1% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. 692 residents in 290 households: that is Monteils at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 40% here. The town has more second homes than 82% of compared French towns, at 6.6%.
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 Monteils
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 3.5% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Monteils’s population changed by +8% since 2012, more than in 65% 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 population moved +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 +5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gard town +7%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 82% of compared French towns: 9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Monteils 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Monteils has 21%. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The median age here is 44.8, higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 95% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
In Monteils, 33% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few single-parent households: 3.5% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.4 people.
4.1% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 86% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. 8.8% of households moved in less than two years ago; 16% have been in their home 30 years or more.
A median standard of living of €25,900 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 €25,900 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 5.3%, a lower share than 83% 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 14% in the typical compared French town, 8.8% of households are headed by a manual worker here. Against that, 9.4% of 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).
Immigrants: 4.8%, a lower share than 66% 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.
2.7% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
In Monteils, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 96% 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
Half of residents 15 and over are married and 8.4% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 4.8% are widowed. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Monteils sits below 90% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (12%)
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 39% in Monteils. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Monteils
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monteils | 44.8 | 21% | 6.6% | 4.8% |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Brethmas 4,670 · 3.1 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 2% | 4.7% |
| Saint-Privat-des-Vieux 5,703 · 4.7 mi | 49.9 | 28% | 1.7% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Christol-lez-Alès 7,310 · 5 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
| Alès 46,125 · 5.3 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1.1% | 9.8% |
| Salindres 3,648 · 5.6 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 2.2% | 4% |
| Bagard 2,605 · 6.5 mi | 51.5 | 30% | 3.6% | 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 Monteils
What is the population of Monteils?
692 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (638).
How old are Monteils’ residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Monteils?
21, with occasional dwellings: 6.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Monteils?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Monteils?
€25,900 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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