A median age of 56: Montfarville is older than 95% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Montfarville has 3.6%. Its 380 households held 798 residents at the 2023 Census. Census figures put flats at 0.7% in the town. Few places have so few households without a car: 5.4% here, fewer than in 85% of compared French towns.
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 Montfarville
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 210 second homes and occasional dwellings in Montfarville, 35% of its 610 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Montfarville’s residents are under 56 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
35% of homes in Montfarville are second homes
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
6.7% of households moved in less than two years ago; 29% have been in their home 30 years or more. On households in social housing, Montfarville sits lower than 77% of compared French towns: 6.9%. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 68% of compared French towns: Montfarville changed by +1% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Manche town ±0%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +2%; 2017 to 2023, −1%.
33% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 92% 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
■ Montfarville 56. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 89% of compared French towns: 8.4%. Measured more widely, 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: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
21% of households are couples with children, below 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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.1 people each. At 31%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 70% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Single-parent households make up 9.3%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €25,940 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.
Half of Montfarville’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,940 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 42% in Montfarville, more than in 88% 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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%. Here, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.1% of residents are immigrants in Montfarville
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 median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Census figures put foreign nationals at 0.4% in Montfarville. 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.
Montfarville ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 56%
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Montfarville has 16%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Montfarville ranks below 85% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 20%
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
Adults with no qualification: 25% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 798 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Montfarville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montfarville | 56 | 33% | 35% | 1.1% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 13.8 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin 78,258 · 16.4 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 3.6% | 4.9% |
| Sainte-Mère-Église 2,896 · 17.4 mi | 53.1 | 31% | 18% | 1.6% |
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 Montfarville
What is the population of Montfarville?
798 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (794).
How old are Montfarville’s residents?
The median age is 56, older than 95% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montfarville?
210, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montfarville?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montfarville?
€25,940 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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