Montpeyroux sits below 99% of compared French towns for households in social housing (0.2%)
In Montpeyroux, 6.3% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Its 620 households held 1,449 residents at the 2023 Census. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.3% in the town. One in ten homes stand empty, more than in 79% 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.
What stands out about the people of Montpeyroux
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Montpeyroux, 13% of its 810 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
13% of homes are second homes, more than in 90% 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
Without a car: one household in 16, against 11% in the median compared French town. Households without a car account for 6.2%. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Growth of +14% since 2012 puts Montpeyroux ahead of 79% 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
Here the change came as +5% to 2017, then +8% to 2023.
Montpeyroux sits below 57% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (21%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montpeyroux 43.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.9, Montpeyroux is younger than just over half of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Montpeyroux sits below 79% of compared French towns for one-person households (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
Households here average 2.3 people each. Higher than in 63% of compared French towns: 28% of households are couples with children. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 9.4%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €25,560 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.
Half of residents live in households above €25,560 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
In Montpeyroux, 7% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Montpeyroux. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person: a third of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Montpeyroux
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.
That is lower than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The census found that 6.3% of residents are immigrants in Montpeyroux.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Montpeyroux
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
The census found that 43% of residents 15 and over are married in Montpeyroux. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
42% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 83% of compared French towns don’t reach
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: 14% here and 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.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,449 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Montpeyroux sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montpeyroux | 43.9 | 21% | 13% | 6.3% |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 6,427 · 3.2 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.2% | 6.1% |
| Gignac 6,651 · 3.7 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 3.1% | 8.4% |
| Aniane 2,979 · 4.2 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 4.9% | 4.9% |
| Clermont-l'Hérault 9,461 · 5.9 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 3.9% | 8.3% |
| Canet 3,619 · 6.2 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 3.2% | 4% |
| Lodève 7,251 · 9.7 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 5.1% | 12% |
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 Montpeyroux
What is the population of Montpeyroux?
1,449 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (1,274).
How old are Montpeyroux’s residents?
The median age is 43.9, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montpeyroux?
100, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montpeyroux?
INSEE counts 92 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 52 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montpeyroux?
€25,560 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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