A median age of 51.9: Montebourg is older than 88% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Montebourg comes in at 43%. This Manche town has fewer couples with children than 82% of compared French towns, at 18%. In 2023, the Census found 1,925 residents here, living in 980 households. Households without a car: just over a fifth of the total.
Throughout this page, the Manche 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 Montebourg
Fewer residents than in 2012
Montebourg had 2,083 residents at the 2012 census and 1,925 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Montebourg’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 44% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Social housing
34% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 23% rent privately and 41% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Montebourg’s residents are under 51.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 13% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Montebourg’s population moved −8% on 2012, less than in 94% 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 population moved +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Manche town ±0%.
In Montebourg, 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
■ Montebourg 51.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 50% in Montebourg, more than in 94% 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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 1.8 people on average. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. Few places have as many single-parent households: 10% here, more than in 51% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households in social housing than 95% of compared French towns, at 34%
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
Flats make up 15%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Montebourg has more empty homes than four fifths of compared French towns, at 10%. Typically, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Here, 2.1% of homes are second homes.
A median standard of living of €22,620 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 median standard of living in Montebourg is €22,620 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Montebourg sits below 95% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (3.5%)
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 Montebourg, 21% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 9.4% of 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).
Only 1% of residents are immigrants in Montebourg
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.
Foreign nationals make up 0.7%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%. As a yardstick, 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.
Only 32% of residents 15 and over are married in Montebourg
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
Here 27% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Montebourg ranks below 96% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 16%
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 adults with no qualification is 34%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 9th 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.
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Montebourg
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montebourg | 51.9 | 30% | 2.1% | 1% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 4.2 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| Sainte-Mère-Église 2,896 · 6.4 mi | 53.1 | 31% | 18% | 1.6% |
| Picauville 3,228 · 7.9 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 5,893 · 11.8 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
| Carentan-les-Marais 10,218 · 14.5 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 5% | 2.4% |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin 78,258 · 15.1 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 3.6% | 4.9% |
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 Montebourg
What is the population of Montebourg?
1,925 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (2,083).
How old are Montebourg’s residents?
The median age is 51.9, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montebourg?
24, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montebourg?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montebourg?
€22,620 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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