Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Monclar is over 54.4
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across Monclar, 2.9% of homes are flats. At the 2023 Census Monclar was home to 217 people in 97 households. 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 3.3% in the town.
Throughout this page, the Gers 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 Monclar
An older town
Half of Monclar’s residents are under 54.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Monclar outgrew 67% of compared French towns: +9%
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 −4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +13%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gers town ±0%.
In Monclar, 3.5% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Monclar 54.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 92% of compared French towns: 33%. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 28% 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 Gers median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone. Couples with children are more common here than in 64% of compared French towns. Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are single parents in Monclar.
A town of second homes: 4.1% of its 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
Of all households, 10% moved in during the last two years and 24% have stayed three decades or more. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Monclar has more empty homes than nearly three fifths of compared French towns, at 7.5%.
€24,580 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
The median standard of living in Monclar is €24,580 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
5.6% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 95% 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
17% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. On top of that, on households headed by a retired person, Monclar sits higher than 55% of compared French towns: 33%. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 74% of compared French towns: 8% of residents are foreign nationals
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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 60% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 13: that is how common immigrants are in Monclar (8%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 15% in Monclar, less than in 99% 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
In Monclar, 56% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Monclar
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 71% of compared French towns: 23%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Monclar
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monclar | 54.4 | 33% | 4.1% | 8% |
| Villeneuve-de-Marsan 2,508 · 10.1 mi | 48.9 | 29% | 2.7% | 4.2% |
| Eauze 4,108 · 11.4 mi | 54.2 | 33% | 8.4% | 20% |
| Aire-sur-l'Adour 6,211 · 16.9 mi | 52.8 | 32% | 4% | 6.7% |
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 Monclar
What is the population of Monclar?
217 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (199).
How old are Monclar’s residents?
The median age is 54.4, older than 93% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Monclar?
4, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Monclar?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Monclar?
€24,580 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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