Monchy-Breton ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 43%
0.5% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Monchy-Breton counted 512 residents and 190 households at the 2023 Census. In Monchy-Breton, 3.1% of households have no car. More households headed by a manual worker than in 64% of compared French towns: 16%.
Throughout this page, the Pas-de-Calais 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 Monchy-Breton
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 5.2% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Monchy-Breton’s residents are under 36.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Monchy-Breton had 430 residents at the 2012 census and 512 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 89% of compared French towns: Monchy-Breton changed by +19% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +11%; from 2017 to 2023, +8%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
Monchy-Breton is younger than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 36.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Monchy-Breton 36.5. The median compared French town: 44.
15% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Monchy-Breton, 20% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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 Pas-de-Calais median and the France median
Living alone · share
5.2% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.7 people on average.
Fewer empty homes than 71% of compared French towns: 5.3%
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
In the last two years, 4.3% of households moved in; at the other end, 25% have stayed 30 years or more. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At 1.9%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €25,860 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 Monchy-Breton’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,860 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 85% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person trails 60% of compared French towns: 31%. Across the comparison, 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.6%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.2% in Monchy-Breton. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 89% of compared French towns: 20%
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
The figure for married residents is 49% in Monchy-Breton and 43% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 85% 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
31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, or about one in three. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 512 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.
Monchy-Breton is the youngest (36.5); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Monchy-Breton
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monchy-Breton | 36.5 | 15% | 1.9% | 0.6% |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise 4,677 · 4.7 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Divion 6,766 · 5.9 mi | 38.9 | 19% | 0.7% | 1% |
| Houdain 6,945 · 6.2 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 0.5% | 0.9% |
| Calonne-Ricouart 5,369 · 6.6 mi | 41 | 20% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Cauchy-à-la-Tour 2,593 · 7.3 mi | 44.7 | 23% | 1.2% | 0.8% |
| Bruay-la-Buissière 21,424 · 7.5 mi | 39.7 | 19% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
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 Monchy-Breton
What is the population of Monchy-Breton?
512 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (430).
How old are Monchy-Breton’s residents?
The median age is 36.5, younger than 93% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Monchy-Breton?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Monchy-Breton?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Monchy-Breton?
€25,860 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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