Photo: Sapin88 · CC BY-SA 3.0Montbazin ranks above 85% of compared French towns on couples with children: 32%
5.8% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. For Montbazin, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 27%. Lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 5.9% of households rent social housing (HLM). The 2023 Census counted 2,877 residents in 1,220 households.
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.
A change of −2% since 2012 leaves Montbazin behind 77% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Hérault town +13%.
Only 20% of residents are 65 or over in Montbazin
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montbazin 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.4, Montbazin is older than 52% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Here, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 84% of compared French towns: 28% of households are one person living alone
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
Each household has 2.4 people on average. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Single-parent households make up 9.9%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
18% of homes are flats, fewer than in 71% 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
Empty homes make up 5.5%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, flats come to 30%. The census found that 2.6% of homes are second homes in Montbazin.
A median of €26,870 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 midpoint of living standards here is €26,870 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 60% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 11.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 74% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 12%, Montbazin is behind 62% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Montbazin, 3.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 78% of compared French towns
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 78% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. On the census count, 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 60% of compared French towns: 27% of residents 15 and over are single
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 the census count, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 36%, a higher share than 68% 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 Montbazin, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,849 to 2,907 people), the 13th 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.
Ages run from 37.9 in Charquemont to 60.3 in Batz-sur-Mer.
Montbazin is younger than 1 of its 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montbazin | 44.4 | 20% | 2.6% | 3.4% |
| Gigean 6,639 · 1.4 mi | 40.6 | 16% | 1.7% | 7.1% |
| Cournonsec 3,616 · 2.1 mi | 40.5 | 16% | 1.6% | 5% |
| Poussan 6,797 · 2.3 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 2.7% | 4% |
| Cournonterral 7,359 · 3.2 mi | 40.1 | 17% | 2% | 6.1% |
| Balaruc-le-Vieux 2,737 · 3.8 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 11% | 4.5% |
| Villeveyrac 3,972 · 4.7 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 4.1% | 3.1% |
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 Montbazin
What is the population of Montbazin?
2,877 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (2,927).
How old are Montbazin’s residents?
The median age is 44.4, older than 52% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montbazin?
35, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montbazin?
INSEE counts 99 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 47 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montbazin?
€26,870 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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