A higher share of second homes than 97% of compared French towns, at 44%
0.7% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Locally, 5.1% of residents are 15 to 24. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Moncale was home to 348 people in 160 households.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Corse 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 Moncale
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Moncale, 44% of its 280 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 85% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Moncale had 281 residents at the 2012 census and 348 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 83% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Without a car: one household in 14, against 11% in the median compared French town. Moncale has fewer households without a car than 72% of compared French towns, at 7.2%. Set beside that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
A +24% change since 2012: Moncale grew faster than 93% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +12% for the median Haute-Corse town, the change came in two steps: +14% from 2012 to 2017, then +8% to 2023.
Older than 51% of compared French towns: half of Moncale is over 44.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Moncale 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over come to 22% in Moncale, about two in ten.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 30% in Moncale, more than in 76% 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 Haute-Corse median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households trails just over four fifths of compared French towns: 7.9%. Average household size: 2.2 people. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%.
A typical living standard of €23,990 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,990 a year: lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 71% of compared French towns: 6.6%
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 make up about one in seven here (15%). In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%. The figure for households headed by a retired person is 33% in Moncale and 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Moncale ranks below 74% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.9%
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.
On the census count, 4.2% of residents are foreign nationals. 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.
Only 17% of residents 15 and over are single in Moncale
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 the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 41% and 5.7%, and 9% are widowed. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Moncale ranks above 58% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 21%
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
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (348 to 2,582 people), the 16th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Moncale is younger than 1 of its 3 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moncale | 44.2 | 22% | 44% | 3.9% |
| Calenzana 2,684 · 1.6 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 37% | 11% |
| Calvi 5,788 · 4.9 mi | 40.2 | 20% | 56% | 30% |
| L'Île-Rousse 3,231 · 10.7 mi | 47.7 | 26% | 54% | 21% |
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 Moncale
What is the population of Moncale?
348 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (281).
How old are Moncale’s residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Moncale?
130, with occasional dwellings: 44% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Moncale?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Moncale?
€23,990 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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