Below 99% of compared French towns: 6.7% of households are couples with children
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Monlaur-Bernet is home to 163 residents in 76 households, by the 2023 Census. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 67%. At 9.4%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
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 Monlaur-Bernet
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Monlaur-Bernet, 13% of its 97 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Monlaur-Bernet’s residents are under 55.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Monlaur-Bernet had 182 residents at the 2012 census and 163 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Monlaur-Bernet (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 16% of residents, against 7.9% for the median compared commune in Gers. 15% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.1%
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
The share of households without a car is 6.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in eight: 13% of homes are second homes. Set beside that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Monlaur-Bernet changed by −10% from 2012 to 2023, behind 97% 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 −12%, and from 2017 to 2023 +1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gers town ±0%.
Half of Monlaur-Bernet is over 55.6, older than 95% 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
■ Monlaur-Bernet 55.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Monlaur-Bernet has 36%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Monlaur-Bernet, 6.7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns
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
One-person households: 33%, below nearly three fifths of compared French towns. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
A typical living standard of €26,120 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 €26,120 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 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 make up 16% in Monlaur-Bernet, more than in 87% 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.
15% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. Elsewhere, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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
48% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Monlaur-Bernet ranks above 62% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 34%
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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in six. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 163 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Monlaur-Bernet is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monlaur-Bernet | 55.6 | 36% | 13% | 16% |
| Mirande 3,457 · 12.7 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 3.8% | 7.9% |
| Lannemezan 5,811 · 17.2 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 3.2% | 10% |
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 Monlaur-Bernet
What is the population of Monlaur-Bernet?
163 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (182).
How old are Monlaur-Bernet’s residents?
The median age is 55.6, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Monlaur-Bernet?
12, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Monlaur-Bernet?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (15%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Monlaur-Bernet?
€26,120 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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