Only 0.2% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Montfaucon
With one-person households at 25%, Montfaucon is behind 94% of compared French towns on that count. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.3% here. On households without a car, Montfaucon sits lower than 92% of compared French towns: 4.3%. Its 660 households held 1,540 residents at the 2023 Census.
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.
Growth of +7% since 2012 puts Montfaucon ahead of 58% 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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Gard town +7%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +3%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Only 21% of residents are 65 or over in Montfaucon
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montfaucon 44.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Montfaucon is 44.1, higher than in 50% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gard 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Montfaucon sits below 92% of compared French towns for single-parent households (6.7%)
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 29% of households are couples with children in Montfaucon. Typically, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 7.8% of homes are flats
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
Nothing unusual on second homes: 2.9%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in 20 here (5.1%).
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,180 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 €26,180 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 12% in Montfaucon, less than in 65% 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
Montfaucon has fewer households headed by a retired person than 58% of compared French towns, at 31%. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 11: 8.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 84% of compared French towns, at 1.6%
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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 4.1% of residents are immigrants here. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Gard has 6.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 93% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are married in Montfaucon. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 74% 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
Here just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 1,540 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Montfaucon sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montfaucon | 44.1 | 21% | 2.9% | 4.1% |
| Roquemaure 5,529 · 2.3 mi | 44 | 22% | 2.7% | 9.2% |
| Saint-Laurent-des-Arbres 2,996 · 2.6 mi | 41 | 18% | 2% | 5.3% |
| Laudun-l'Ardoise 6,835 · 4.5 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
| Pujaut 3,982 · 4.9 mi | 49.7 | 25% | 3.6% | 4.5% |
| Orange 29,706 · 5.4 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 1.6% | 14% |
| Courthézon 6,426 · 6.9 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 3.4% | 5.9% |
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 Montfaucon
What is the population of Montfaucon?
1,540 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,443).
How old are Montfaucon’s residents?
The median age is 44.1, older than 50% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montfaucon?
21, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montfaucon?
INSEE counts 62 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montfaucon?
€26,180 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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