More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 41%
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 24% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in 95% of compared French towns: 13%. Montflours’s 100 households held 247 residents at the 2023 Census. The share of households without a car stands at 0.9%.
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 Montflours
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Montflours changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 70% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +2%; 2017 to 2023, −2%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Mayenne town ±0%.
Montflours is younger than 80% of compared French towns: a median age of 39.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montflours 39.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In Montflours, one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 31% in Montflours, less than in 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 Mayenne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.4 people in the average household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
In Montflours, 0.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 99% 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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 7.8% of homes stand empty here. The share of households in social housing in the typical compared French town is 12%. Census figures put flats at 5.5% in Montflours. More second homes than in 83% of compared French towns: 6.9%.
The median resident lives on €27,530 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.
Half of residents live in households above €27,530 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 9.1% of households are headed by a retired person
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 18%, Montflours is ahead of 76% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 95% of compared French towns: 1.6% of residents are immigrants
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Montflours has 1.6%. To put it in context, 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.
Fewer married residents than 87% of compared French towns: 36%
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 Montflours, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 9.1% of adults out of school have no qualification in Montflours
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
Graduates of higher education: 41%, above 82% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 247 to 2,582
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.
No nearby town is as young as Montflours
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montflours | 39.9 | 13% | 6.9% | 1.6% |
| Louverné 4,344 · 3.6 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 0.4% | 2.7% |
| Changé 6,502 · 5.4 mi | 45.9 | 24% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Bonchamp-lès-Laval 6,302 · 6.8 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 0.8% | 3.1% |
| Laval 49,400 · 7.2 mi | 40.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Argentré 2,906 · 7.3 mi | 42.3 | 18% | 0.9% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Berthevin 7,479 · 8.2 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 1.2% | 5.4% |
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 Montflours
What is the population of Montflours?
247 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (247).
How old are Montflours’ residents?
The median age is 39.9, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montflours?
8, with occasional dwellings: 6.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montflours?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montflours?
€27,530 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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