Montchaboud sits below 99% of compared French towns for households in social housing (0.7%)
Half of Montchaboud’s residents are over 50.3, older than in 84% of compared French towns. Flats: 2.6% of the total. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 352, in 150 households. Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone here.
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 Montchaboud
Many graduates
53% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 23% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Montchaboud had 368 residents at the 2012 census and 352 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 86% of compared French towns grew faster than Montchaboud: −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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −8%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Isère town +7%.
30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 86% 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
■ Montchaboud 50.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Montchaboud comes in at 9.4%. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
In Montchaboud, 3.2% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 32%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 85% of compared French towns.
Montchaboud ranks below 97% of compared French towns on empty homes: 2.6%
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
Nothing unusual on second homes: 1.3%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. About one in 21: that is how common households without a car are in Montchaboud (4.7%). The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €36,110 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €36,110 a year: higher than in 96% of compared French towns.
In Montchaboud, 52% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 98% 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
26% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Montchaboud sits below 87% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (1.4%)
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 share of immigrants is 5.4%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 60% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Isère has 8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 15% of residents 15 and over are single in Montchaboud
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: 54% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 97% of compared French towns: 8.9%
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 is 53%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (352 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Montchaboud is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montchaboud | 50.3 | 30% | 1.3% | 5.4% |
| Jarrie 3,952 · 1 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 4% |
| Vizille 7,292 · 1.4 mi | 44 | 23% | 2.4% | 8% |
| Champ-sur-Drac 3,335 · 2 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 6.1% |
| Vaulnaveys-le-Haut 4,006 · 3.5 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 4.8% | 4.3% |
| Le Pont-de-Claix 10,956 · 3.9 mi | 38.7 | 18% | 0.8% | 21% |
| Varces-Allières-et-Risset 8,542 · 4 mi | 35.8 | 15% | 1.4% | 5.5% |
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 Montchaboud
What is the population of Montchaboud?
352 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (368).
How old are Montchaboud’s residents?
The median age is 50.3, older than 84% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montchaboud?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montchaboud?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.4% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montchaboud?
€36,110 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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