1.7% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone; in Montignac, 25%. Meanwhile, the median age in the town is 48.9, higher than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. The town counted 133 residents and 60 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 33% of households are headed by a manual worker here.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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 Montignac
Fewer residents than in 2012
Montignac had 155 residents at the 2012 census and 133 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 8 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −14% change since 2012: slower than 99% 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
The first five years brought −10%; the six to 2023, −4%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gironde town +16%.
Above 73% of compared French towns: 26% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montignac 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Montignac sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 17% of households are couples with children
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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.2 people. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households: 8.3% of the total.
Empty homes make up 11% in Montignac, more than in 85% of compared French towns
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The share of second homes stands at 4.2%.
The median resident lives on €25,600 a year per consumption unit
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 Montignac is €25,600 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Montignac ranks below 57% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 8.3%
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
Here, 33% of households are headed by a retired person. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 75% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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.
Here 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
In Montignac, 50% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 91% 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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 26% in Montignac, less than in 65% 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
Adults with no qualification account for 19%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 133 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.
No nearby town is as old as Montignac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montignac | 48.9 | 26% | 4.2% | 3.8% |
| Cadillac-sur-Garonne 2,670 · 7.3 mi | 44.4 | 19% | 2.6% | 7.3% |
| Créon 4,950 · 7.7 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 1.1% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Quentin-de-Baron 2,713 · 8.2 mi | 35.3 | 9.5% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Podensac 3,269 · 8.5 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 7.7% |
| Sadirac 4,769 · 10.2 mi | 39.3 | 15% | 1.8% | 4.2% |
| Portets 2,618 · 10.4 mi | 45 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
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 Montignac
What is the population of Montignac?
133 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (155).
How old are Montignac’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montignac?
3, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montignac?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montignac?
€25,600 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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