Flats make up 1.3% in Monthuchon, less than in 99% of compared French towns
The figure for households without a car is 2.9% in Monthuchon and 11% in the typical compared French town. The town has fewer households in social housing than 96% of compared French towns, at 2.4%. 705 residents in 290 households: that is Monthuchon at the 2023 Census. Single-parent households account for 5.2%.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, Monthuchon outgrew 65% of compared French towns: +9%
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 +5%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Manche town ±0%.
A median age of 47.6: Monthuchon is older than 73% 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
■ Monthuchon 47.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Monthuchon, 9.1%. 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 22% of households are one person living alone
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
Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Monthuchon has 30%. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.4 people share a household.
Below 68% of compared French towns: 5.5% of homes stand empty
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 share of second homes is 3.2%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
A median of €27,980 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 €27,980 a year: higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 5.3% in Monthuchon, less than in 83% 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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Monthuchon has 19%. About one in three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Monthuchon (32%). Measured more widely, 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).
Immigrants make up 1.3% in Monthuchon, less than in 98% 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 median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 59%
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
By its share of single residents (16%), Monthuchon is below 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 17% in Monthuchon, less than in 61% 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
Fewer graduates of higher education than in just over half of compared French towns: 30%. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 705 to 2,582 people
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, 3 are older than Monthuchon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthuchon | 47.6 | 22% | 3.2% | 1.3% |
| Coutances 8,321 · 2.6 mi | 49 | 28% | 3.9% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Sauveur-Villages 3,208 · 3.3 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Gouville-sur-Mer 3,274 · 6.7 mi | 56 | 36% | 26% | 1.5% |
| Quettreville-sur-Sienne 3,167 · 8 mi | 47.1 | 24% | 9.5% | 2% |
| Agon-Coutainville 3,020 · 8 mi | 63.8 | 48% | 53% | 2.3% |
| Marigny-Le-Lozon 2,761 · 8.1 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.1% | 1.1% |
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 Monthuchon
What is the population of Monthuchon?
705 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (649).
How old are Monthuchon’s residents?
The median age is 47.6, older than 73% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Monthuchon?
10, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Monthuchon?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Monthuchon?
€27,980 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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