In Montaudin, 1.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
2.1% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). The 2023 Census counted 879 residents in 370 households. Here, 5.3% of households are single parents. Higher than in 84% of compared French towns: 7.4% of homes are second homes.
Throughout this page, the Mayenne 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 Montaudin
Empty homes
The census found 62 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −1% change since 2012: slower than 76% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +2%, then −3% to 2023. Over those years, the median Mayenne town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
Montaudin is older than 80% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montaudin 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
28% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 9.5%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 32% in Montaudin, less than in 65% 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 Mayenne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children: 28% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone. The average household has 2.2 people.
Empty homes make up 13% in Montaudin, more than in 92% of compared French towns
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
Households in social housing: 4.6%, below 88% of compared French towns. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. On the census count, 6.2% of households have no car.
€24,040 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Montaudin is €24,040 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Montaudin sits above 88% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (21%)
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, nearly two in five households are headed by a retired person in Montaudin. Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 76% of compared French towns, at 3.6%
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 3.2%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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.
In Montaudin, 52% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 96% of compared French towns
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
Single residents make up 19%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Montaudin ranks above 96% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 33%
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
Here 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (879 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Montaudin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montaudin | 49.2 | 28% | 7.4% | 3.6% |
| Ernée 5,499 · 6.4 mi | 50.2 | 31% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Louvigné-du-Désert 3,346 · 9.4 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 3.9% | 3.6% |
| Fougères 20,307 · 9.8 mi | 46.6 | 27% | 2% | 6.3% |
| Lécousse 3,530 · 10.7 mi | 50.9 | 28% | 1.1% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët 5,770 · 14.2 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 6.1% | 2.7% |
| Grandparigny 2,605 · 15.3 mi | 54.9 | 32% | 5.1% | 2.5% |
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 Montaudin
What is the population of Montaudin?
879 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (892).
How old are Montaudin’s residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montaudin?
35, with occasional dwellings: 7.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montaudin?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montaudin?
€24,040 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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