Photo: Michiel1972 · CC BY-SA 3.0A smaller share of households in social housing than 96% of compared French towns: 2.1%
Households without a car: 5.2%, below 87% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Montady’s population at 3,990, in 1,760 households. On the census count, 40% of households are headed by a retired person. 3.7% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 91% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Hérault 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.
Slower than most: ±0% since 2012, behind 70% 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 median Hérault town changed +13% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six +1%.
A median age of 49.5: Montady is older than 81% 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
■ Montady 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In Montady, 8.8% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in four: 27% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer one-person households than 79% of compared French towns: 29%
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 Hérault median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households is 8.2%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. On couples with children, Montady sits higher than nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 27%. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 5.8% of homes are flats
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
Turnover: nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 20% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Higher than in 64% of compared French towns: 3.2% of homes are second homes. Without a car: one household in 19, against 11% in the median compared French town.
A median of €24,530 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.
Half of Montady’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,530 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 66% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 14.0%.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 6.2% 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
With households headed by a manual worker at 11%, Montady is behind 72% of compared French towns on that count. To put it in context, nearly one in ten 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).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 68% of compared French towns, at 2.8%
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.
Across Montady, 5.6% of residents are immigrants. That is lower than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 93% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 49% of residents 15 and over are married in Montady. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Below 73% of compared French towns: 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 come to 19% in Montady, about two in ten. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
9th highest median age among 41 French towns of 3,968 to 4,012
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Le Plessis-Belleville is the youngest (37.2); Erquy the oldest (64.9).
Older than Montady: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montady | 49.5 | 27% | 3.2% | 5.6% |
| Colombiers 2,814 · 1.9 mi | 53.9 | 32% | 12% | 6.3% |
| Maraussan 4,789 · 2.6 mi | 44.4 | 23% | 2.8% | 5% |
| Nissan-lez-Enserune 4,124 · 3.4 mi | 47.9 | 26% | 5.7% | 5.6% |
| Lignan-sur-Orb 3,227 · 3.9 mi | 50.8 | 30% | 1.8% | 4.9% |
| Cazouls-lès-Béziers 5,261 · 4.1 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 6% | 5% |
| Capestang 3,514 · 4.2 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 8.6% | 9% |
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 Montady
What is the population of Montady?
3,990 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (3,990).
How old are Montady’s residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montady?
60, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montady?
INSEE counts 220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montady?
€24,530 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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.