Photo: Joël Thibault · CC BY-SA 4.0A lower share of one-person households than 96% of compared French towns, at 24%
With empty homes at 4.3%, Monts is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count. The town counted 8,080 residents and 3,300 households at the 2023 Census. 13% of homes are flats, or about one in eight. Households without a car are rarer here than in 92% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Indre-et-Loire 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.
Faster growth than 74% of compared French towns: Monts changed by +12% since 2012
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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Indre-et-Loire town +5%. The change was +8% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023.
10% of residents are 15 to 24, below 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
■ Monts 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Monts is 44.4, higher than in 52% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Across Monts, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre-et-Loire 51.8%, France 51.8%.
In Monts, 33% of households are couples with children, more than in 86% 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 Indre-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.4 people share a household. Monts has fewer single-parent households than nearly three quarters of compared French towns, at 8.5%. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of second homes than 77% of compared French towns: 1.1%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 5.4% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 24%. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. In Monts, 11% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,990 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.
At €27,990 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 71% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 6.0%.
Monts: 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 75% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Monts has 34%. 13% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in eight. The usual figure: 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).
Below 84% of compared French towns: 2.7% of residents 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.
In Monts, 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
A lower share of single residents than 86% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
With married residents at 48%, Monts is ahead of 83% of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 79% of compared French towns: 14%
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
With graduates of higher education at 36%, Monts is ahead of 70% of compared French towns on that count. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 7,973 to 8,202
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 Linas (33.8), the youngest, and Cavalaire-sur-Mer (57.1), the oldest.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Monts
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monts | 44.4 | 22% | 1.1% | 2.7% |
| Artannes-sur-Indre 2,795 · 2.5 mi | 46.4 | 20% | 3.4% | 3.3% |
| Montbazon 4,874 · 3 mi | 41 | 19% | 1.6% | 4.9% |
| Sorigny 2,938 · 3.4 mi | 40 | 17% | 1% | 4.7% |
| Veigné 6,865 · 4 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 1.8% | 4.2% |
| Ballan-Miré 8,477 · 4.7 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 1.6% | 4.8% |
| Joué-lès-Tours 38,423 · 4.8 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 1% | 15% |
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 Monts
What is the population of Monts?
8,080 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (7,246).
How old are Monts’ residents?
The median age is 44.4, older than 52% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Monts?
38, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Monts?
INSEE counts 220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Monts?
€27,990 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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).
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.