Above 95% of compared French towns: 29% of homes are second homes
The share of households in social housing is 2.4%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 51% of households are headed by a retired person. 5.2% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 120 households in Monestier-du-Percy at the 2023 Census, home to 254 residents.
Throughout this page, the Isère 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 Monestier-du-Percy
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 58 second homes and occasional dwellings in Monestier-du-Percy, 29% of its 200 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Many graduates
52% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 20% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats: 14%, a lower share than 80% 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
Households without a car: 9.5% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. For flats, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%. On the census count, 9.2% of homes stand empty.
From 2012 to 2023, 55% of compared French towns grew faster than Monestier-du-Percy: +4%
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +7% for the median Isère town, the change came in two steps: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
Monestier-du-Percy: 29% of residents are 65 or over, above 82% 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
■ Monestier-du-Percy 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Monestier-du-Percy’s residents are over 45.9, older than in 62% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
21% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 71% 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 Isère median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here nearly two in five households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. For Monestier-du-Percy, the census puts single-parent households at 12%.
Median standard of living: €22,410 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €22,410 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 91% of compared French towns: 4.3%
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
Households headed by a manual worker: 12%, below 63% of compared French towns. For comparison, 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 69% of compared French towns, at 2.7%
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 figure for immigrants is 5% in Monestier-du-Percy and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 63% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Isère has 8%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Fewer married residents than 91% of compared French towns: 35%
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
Single residents account for 25%. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 8.5% of adults out of school have no qualification in Monestier-du-Percy
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
The share of graduates of higher education tops 94% of compared French towns: 52%. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 19th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Among its 4 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Monestier-du-Percy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monestier-du-Percy | 45.9 | 29% | 29% | 5% |
| La Mure 4,963 · 10.2 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 5.1% | 8.2% |
| Die 4,844 · 14.2 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 11% | 6.7% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Commiers 2,699 · 17.2 mi | 43 | 21% | 1.5% | 4% |
| Vif 8,530 · 17.9 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 1.5% | 5.1% |
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 Monestier-du-Percy
What is the population of Monestier-du-Percy?
254 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (245).
How old are Monestier-du-Percy’s residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 62% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Monestier-du-Percy?
58, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Monestier-du-Percy?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Monestier-du-Percy?
€22,410 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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