A median age of 59.9: Montcléra is older than 98% of compared French towns
3.1% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. Across Montcléra, 48% of households are headed by a retired person. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. This Lot town counted 292 residents and 150 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Lot 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 Montcléra
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 40 second homes and occasional dwellings in Montcléra, 17% of its 230 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Montcléra’s residents are under 59.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Montcléra (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 19% of residents, against 9.5% for the median compared commune in Lot. 17% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 44 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 2.1% of homes are flats in Montcléra
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
The figure for second homes is 17% in Montcléra and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Roughly two in ten: nearly a fifth of homes stand empty. At 5.3%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Montcléra has grown +5%, faster than 51% 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 change was −3%; from 2017 to 2023, +8%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns: 42%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montcléra 59.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Montcléra has 5.5%. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 84% of compared French towns, at 17%
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 Lot median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 1.9 people each. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, 36% of households are one person living alone in Montcléra.
Standard of living at the median: €21,110 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 €21,110 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 77% of compared French towns: 18%
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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Montcléra comes in at 6.4%. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
19% of residents are immigrants, more than in 92% 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 share of foreign nationals is 17%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 92% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Montcléra ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 14%
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
In Montcléra, 57% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
In Montcléra, 22% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 66% 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Montcléra. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Montcléra
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Montcléra
What is the population of Montcléra?
292 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (278).
How old are Montcléra’s residents?
The median age is 59.9, older than 98% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montcléra?
40, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montcléra?
INSEE counts 56 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 19% of residents, and 51 foreign nationals (17%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montcléra?
€21,110 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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