Couples with children: 44%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Montgaudry, 22%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 108, in 43 households. For Montgaudry, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.4%. Few places have as many empty homes: 10% here, more than in 79% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Orne 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 Montgaudry
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Montgaudry, 29% of its 70 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Montgaudry had 91 residents at the 2012 census and 108 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 29%, a higher share than 95% 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 that moved in under two years ago: 7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 14%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes.
A growing town: +19% since 2012, faster than 88% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −5% in Orne. Here the change came as −13% to 2017, then +37% to 2023.
Half of Montgaudry is over 47, older than 69% 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
■ Montgaudry 47. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 120 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are one person living alone, below 98% 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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.5 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 55% of compared French towns: 33%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 76% of compared French towns: 3.7%
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 Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 76% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 27: 3.7% of residents are foreign nationals. By way of comparison, 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.
67% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Montgaudry, 15%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 90% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (108 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Montgaudry is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgaudry | 47 | 23% | 29% | 3.7% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 4.2 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 10.4 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 14.2 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 15.3 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Bonnétable 3,703 · 15.8 mi | 53.5 | 34% | 4.5% | 1.7% |
| Val-au-Perche 3,336 · 16.4 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 11% | 3.5% |
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 Montgaudry
What is the population of Montgaudry?
108 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (91).
How old are Montgaudry’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montgaudry?
20, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montgaudry?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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