35% of households are couples with children, more than in 93% of compared French towns
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 4.7% of households have no car here. Montaud had 1,014 residents in 420 households at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a manager or professional come to 22% here, about two in ten. On flats, Montaud sits lower than 90% of compared French towns: 8%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Montaud
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 7.1% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
49% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 18% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Montaud grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 59% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Hérault town +13%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +4%; 2017 to 2023, +2%.
A median age of 46.1: Montaud is older than 64% 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
■ Montaud 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.9% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Montaud, 26% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 92% 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 Hérault median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.4 people each. 7.1% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 89% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
2.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 94% 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
In the last two years, 7.6% of households moved in; at the other end, 20% have stayed 30 years or more. Measured more widely, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. More second homes than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 3.5%. Still, 5.2% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%).
At the median, €29,330 a year to live on
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 €29,330 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 81% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 81% of compared French towns, at 26%
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 9.4%, Montaud is behind four fifths of compared French towns on that count. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.1% of residents in Montaud are immigrants
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.
The median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Census figures put foreign nationals at 3.7% in Montaud.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 20% in Montaud, less than in 89% 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
Married residents: 46%, above 74% of compared French towns. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 49% in Montaud, more than in 92% 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
In Montaud, 12% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,014 to 2,582 people, the 19th 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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Montaud, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montaud | 46.1 | 21% | 3.5% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Drézéry 3,006 · 1.5 mi | 40.9 | 17% | 1.5% | 3.8% |
| Sussargues 2,840 · 3.4 mi | 46.7 | 23% | 3.8% | 3.9% |
| Restinclières 2,612 · 4.2 mi | 38 | 13% | 2.4% | 3.9% |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers 4,979 · 4.9 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 3.6% | 7% |
| Teyran 4,787 · 5.1 mi | 48.7 | 28% | 1.2% | 3.6% |
| Castries 6,883 · 5.2 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 3.6% | 5.7% |
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 Montaud
What is the population of Montaud?
1,014 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (949).
How old are Montaud’s residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montaud?
16, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montaud?
INSEE counts 62 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montaud?
€29,330 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).
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