33% of households are couples with children, a share 88% of compared French towns don’t reach
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 216 people lived in Monsures, in 92 households. Here, 4.3% of households have no car. In Monsures, 28% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Monsures
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Monsures had 227 residents at the 2012 census and 216 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Monsures has changed by −5%, slower than 87% 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 median Somme town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six −5%.
9.7% of residents are 15 to 24, below 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
■ Monsures 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Monsures is 44.7, higher than in 54% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 23% here.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Monsures ranks below 86% of compared French towns on one-person households: 28%
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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.4 people each. Higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 11% of households are single parents. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Monsures: 4.8% of homes are second homes, above 76% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 2.2% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 29%. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 7.6%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €26,520 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.
At €26,520 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 67% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 11% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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).
Below 97% of compared French towns: 1.4% 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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 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.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 19% of residents 15 and over are single
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, the share of married residents is 43%; Monsures has 48%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 57% of compared French towns, at 32%
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
In Monsures, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 216 to 2,582 people, the 18th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Monsures
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monsures | 44.7 | 23% | 4.8% | 1.4% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 7.7 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 8.3 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Ailly-sur-Noye 2,648 · 9.2 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Saleux 2,739 · 10.6 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 0.9% | 3.8% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 10.7 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Salouël 4,179 · 11.3 mi | 32.5 | 19% | 1% | 3.1% |
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 Monsures
What is the population of Monsures?
216 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (227).
How old are Monsures’ residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 54% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Monsures?
5, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Monsures?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Monsures?
€26,520 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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