A median age of 54.5: Montiron is older than 93% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 137 people lived in Montiron, in 68 households. Across Montiron, 2.9% of households have no car. The share of second homes is 9%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French 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 Montiron
An older town
Half of Montiron’s residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+10% since 2012, a pace 68% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 +12%; 2017 to 2023, −2%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Gers town ±0%.
4.3% 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
■ Montiron 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 33% in Montiron. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 73% of compared French towns: 31%
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
23% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). Households here average 2 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Montiron sits below 89% of compared French towns for empty homes (3.9%)
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
Just over a third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.9% moved in within the last two years. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
€25,380 a year: the median standard of living
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 Montiron’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,380 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
54% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 99% 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
15% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 7.7% in Montiron.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 77% of compared French towns, at 3.6%
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.
Foreign nationals: 5.1% of the total. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
11% of residents 15 and over are single, below 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
48% of residents 15 and over are married and 13% in a PACS, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 6.6% are widowed. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 34% in Montiron, more than in 63% 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
Put another way, about one in five: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 137 to 2,582 people, the 7th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Montiron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montiron | 54.5 | 33% | 9% | 3.6% |
| Gimont 3,146 · 3 mi | 47.9 | 28% | 2.9% | 4.6% |
| Samatan 2,517 · 7.4 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 7.3% | 3.1% |
| L'Isle-Jourdain 9,537 · 12 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 2.8% | 6.8% |
| Pavie 2,566 · 13.1 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.7% | 5.8% |
| Auch 22,428 · 13.8 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3% | 12% |
| Fontenilles 5,906 · 17.5 mi | 40.1 | 12% | 1.2% | 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 Montiron
What is the population of Montiron?
137 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (125).
How old are Montiron’s residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montiron?
7, with occasional dwellings: 9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montiron?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (5.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montiron?
€25,380 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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