Only 3.3% of households have no car in Montcel
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Montcel, 7.5%. Its 480 households held 1,111 residents at the 2023 Census. Households in social housing: 5.4% of the total. More households headed by a manager or professional than in 94% of compared French towns: 26%.
Throughout this page, the Savoie 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 Montcel
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Montcel, 17% of its 620 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 69% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Montcel had 886 residents at the 2012 census and 1,111 in 2023, up 25%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Montcel ranks above 92% of compared French towns on second homes: 17%
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
By its share of empty homes (5.2%), Montcel is below 72% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Flats account for 15%.
Faster growth than 94% of compared French towns: Montcel changed by +25% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +9% for the median Savoie town, the change came in two steps: +13% from 2012 to 2017, then +11% to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 89% of compared French towns, at 15%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Montcel 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.3, Montcel is older than nearly three fifths of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 26%, a lower share than 93% 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 Savoie median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Montcel comes in at 7.6%. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Couples with children come to 32% locally, about three in ten.
The median resident lives on €31,450 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.
At €31,450 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
Montcel ranks below 72% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 11%
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
30% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 92% of compared French towns, at 1.1%
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Savoie has 7%. The share of immigrants stands at 2.6%. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
A lower share of single residents than 97% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
Married residents: 50% here 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.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 97% of compared French towns: 8.9%
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 make up 45%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 21st oldest of 41 French towns of 1,111 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.
Around Montcel, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montcel | 45.3 | 15% | 17% | 2.6% |
| Grésy-sur-Aix 4,740 · 2.6 mi | 43.4 | 19% | 2.7% | 6.9% |
| La Biolle 2,948 · 3.8 mi | 40 | 17% | 2.8% | 4.9% |
| Aix-les-Bains 32,406 · 4.2 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 15% | 11% |
| Entrelacs 6,461 · 4.7 mi | 43 | 18% | 4.2% | 4.1% |
| Tresserve 2,909 · 5.1 mi | 55.3 | 34% | 13% | 6.3% |
| Drumettaz-Clarafond 3,012 · 5.1 mi | 41.3 | 17% | 4.2% | 4.1% |
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 Montcel
What is the population of Montcel?
1,111 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% more than in 2012 (886).
How old are Montcel’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 59% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Montcel?
110, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Montcel?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Montcel?
€31,450 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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