Montréal is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.7
By its share of single-parent households (6.9%), Montréal is below 91% of compared French towns. Households headed by a retired person: 45% of the total. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 4.9%, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,171, in 580 households.
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 Montréal
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 220 second homes and occasional dwellings in Montréal, 25% of its 860 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 65% 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 Montréal’s residents are under 54.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
Flats: 19%, below 71% of compared French towns. Across Montréal, 7.3% of households have no car. At 8%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 64% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Montréal has changed by −2%, slower than 78% 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
Only 5.2% of residents are 15 to 24 in Montréal
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montréal 54.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a third of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 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.
Fewer couples with children than 85% of compared French towns: 17%
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
In Montréal, just over two in five households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. The average household has 1.9 people.
A typical living standard of €23,690 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,690 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Only 7% of households are headed by a manual worker in Montréal
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
On the census count, 8.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More foreign nationals than 74% of compared French towns: 7.8%
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 two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Locally, 9.2% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Montréal ranks below 83% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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
On married residents, Montréal sits lower than 54% of compared French towns: 42%. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 70% of compared French towns: 23%
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
In Montréal, 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,171 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Montréal
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montréal | 54.7 | 35% | 25% | 9.2% |
| Eauze 4,108 · 8 mi | 54.2 | 33% | 8.4% | 20% |
| Condom 6,473 · 8.6 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 5% | 17% |
| Vic-Fezensac 3,577 · 14.2 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.6% | 6.1% |
| Nérac 6,992 · 14.5 mi | 54.2 | 33% | 4.1% | 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 Montréal
What is the population of Montréal?
1,171 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,197).
How old are Montréal’s residents?
The median age is 54.7, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montréal?
220, with occasional dwellings: 25% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montréal?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.2% of residents, and 92 foreign nationals (7.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montréal?
€23,690 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.